South Asian Solidarity with Palestine: Revisit Pinkwashing

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This timely conversation is set up as an evening of community studying and dialogue looking at Palestinian Solidarity.

“Occupation is an LGBTQ issue. I still think people only understand LGBTQ issues to be about gender and sexuality.” – Alok V. MenonThis timely conversation is set up as an evening of community studying and dialogue looking at the kal, aaj and kal (yesterday, today, and tomorrow) of South Asian and Palestinian solidarity. A diverse group of people will come together to explore what it means to queer the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and to decolonize queerness by integrating Palestinian liberation with queer liberation. We will look at the concepts of pinkwashing and “progressive except Palestine.” We will examine the intersections of Palestinian and South Asian struggles (i.e. Kashmir), and obstacles (i.e. funding fears) for building strong solidarity among South Asian (and other BIPOC) progressives, especially members of LGTBQIA2S+ communities and allies.Prior to attending please review the following amazing pieces: · <a href="https://uscpr.org/queerstruggle" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palestine As a Queer Struggle - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (uscpr.org)</a>, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights. Make sure to watch the Webinar with LGBTQIA+ Palestinian community leaders.· Al Qaws IG, “Queers Take Action for Palestine”, May 26, 2021. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPWC7qupF7S" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPWC7qupF7S</a>/. We speak with queer and trans activists, organizers, and artists who are rising up and speaking out for Palestinian liberation. Features Alok V. Menon!· Pinkwashing Exposed! Seattle Fights Back. Dean Spade. Video, 60 minutes. <a href="http://www.deanspade.net/projects/pinkwashing-exposed/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.deanspade.net/projects/pinkwashing-exposed/</a>. 2012.· <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-8QjEGV3oU" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. </a>Haymarket Books. March 3, 2021. Video, 97 minutes. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics - YouTube Also these articles may be helpful:<ul><li><a href="https://www.thejuggernaut.com/israel-palestine-conflict-south-asian-diplomacy" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.thejuggernaut.com/israel-palestine-conflict-south-asian-diplomacy</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/what-do-black-lives-matter-and-palestine-solidarity-have-common/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/what-do-black-lives-matter-and-palestine-solidarity-have-common/</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2019/6/3/complicity-talk-for-teachingwriting-about-palestine-in-north-american-academia" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2019/6/3/complicity-talk-for-teachingwriting-about-palestine-in-north-american-academia</a></li></ul>This Pride event is for South Asian and BIPOC progressives, all LGBTQIA2S+ communities and allies, anti-racist/anti-colonial community organizers, and all invested or interested in Palestinian liberation.Special Guest and Co-Facilitator

Nishant Upadhyay (they, them) is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Queer/Trans Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to joining CU Boulder, Nishant taught Women&#x27;s and Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Northern Arizona University. Their research focuses on intersections of race, indigeneity, caste, gender, and sexuality. Their book manuscript, Indians on Indian Lands: Transnational Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity, studies the formation of dominant-caste Hindu Indian diasporas in North America and Indian diasporic complicities in processes of settler colonialism, racial capitalism, antiblackness, heteronormativity, and brahminical supremacy and Hindu nationalism. Pride! Kal, Aaj Aur Kal - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!Set aside all your Tuesdays in June for Tasveer’s South Asian Pride Celebration! We explore the theme of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. As desi queer folks, we remember our history, we reflect on the present moment and we ask ourselves how do we want to move forward? Join in the conversation! - Farah Nousheen and Sonali Gulati (curators for Pride 2021)IG: @tasveerorgTasveer Pride Month programming: <a href="http://www.tasveer.org/pride-month" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.tasveer.org/pride-month</a>

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