Advocacy groups urge LGBTQ Americans to condemn Hamas attack against Israel
Five advocacy organizations on Friday launched a petition campaign that urges LGBTQ Americans to condemn Hamas’ attack against Israel on Oct.
7. A Wider Bridge, One Community in Arizona, SAVE in South Florida, Equality California and Garden State Equality are behind the online “LGBTQ Americans Unite Against Hamas Terror” petition. “We call for LGBTQ and allied Americans to stand with us on the right side of history: For justice, fairness and equality for all people,” reads a press release that announced the petition.
The petition text is below and a link to it is here: On Oct. 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas launched an attack on the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
This attack resulted in the brutal murders of over 1,400 Israelis — including Holocaust survivors and children — the kidnapping and hostage-taking of at least 200 more, and the tragic deaths of countless innocent Palestinians whose evacuation has been prevented by Hamas. Antisemitism, homophobia and transphobia travel together. As LGBTQ and Allied Americans, we know what it is like to have violent extremists attempt to target and kill us for who we are and who we love.
