No Pride in Genocide marches from Dupont Circle to HRC
Upwards of 200 people on Wednesday marched from Dupont Circle to the Human Rights Campaign and called upon it and other LGBTQ rights groups to “demand an end to the genocide and occupation of Palestine.” No Pride in Genocide, which describes itself in a press release as a “recently launched coalition of queer and trans Palestinians, Arab and SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) people, Jews and allies,” organized the march.
A press release that No Pride in Genocide released included a list of demands for HRC and other advocacy organizations, LGBTQ elected officials and celebrities.
Publicly denounce the use of pink washing to justify the occupation and genocide of Palestinians Immediately boycott, divest and sanction the systems and entities that enable the genocide, including severing ties with weapon manufacturers and donors profiteering off genocide Call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to lift the siege and for all food, clean water, supplies and medical support be allowed into Gaza Publicly denounce the increased surveillance the Israeli Occupation Forces use against Palestinian queers Call for the release of all political prisoners being held by the Israeli occupation Use their platforms to call for an end to all imperialism and occupation, from the river to the sea, from Turtle Island to Palestine March participants who gathered in Dupont Circle before the march chanted slogans that include “Israel lies using queer lives.
We say now to genocide” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Many of them held signs that, among other things, read “HRC = harmful racist complicit” and “Full ceasefire in Gaza now!” A person who No Pride in Genocide described as “a Palestinian organizer who wishes to remain anonymous” spoke in Dupont Circle before the march.
