Dyke March organizers say rainbow flag featuring Star of David is too similar to Israeli flag, but symbols that don’t ‘directly replicate nationalist images and symbols’ are permitted
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In response to this policy, Campbell, along with organizations A Wider Bridge, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, and Zioness wrote a joint statement. While commending the organizers for bringing back the DC Dyke March, the statement also expresses criticism of the Dyke March’s ruling: “We come together to strongly condemn the leadership of …
“We ask the organizers to hold true to their mission of inclusivity as stated on their website: ‘The DC Dyke March exists to celebrate and center all Dykes,” a statement by Zioness Movement, A Wider Bridge, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and AJ Campbell – former Director of The Nice Jewish Girls and …
“The DC Dyke March should know better than to stoke the flames of division and pain by driving a wedge between Queer Arabs and Jews at a time we must stand united against homo- and transphobia, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia. We hope that they will do better––for the sake and advancement of all of our communities,” …
