Left and gay in Israel

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=244186

Have you heard? November is Out in Israel month in Boston.The program was an initiative of Israel’s consul-general to New England, Shai Bazak, and will feature performances by gay heartthrob Assi Azar. Azar, a popular TV host in Israel, will screen his made-for-television coming-out film Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you to audiences around the Boston area, followed by panel discussions about life as an openly gay man in Tel Aviv.

The event makes Israel the only country in the world to run a campaign promoting its LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) population. By any standard, that is a milestone. How did we get to the point where New England hosts an openly gay icon, with the full sponsorship of the Israeli government? A couple of years ago, right-wing foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman’s troops decided to use the boistrous, proud Israeli LGBT community as a vehicle to show the world that Israel is an advanced liberal democracy.

Gays, in their minds, are the clearest proof possible that Israel is the only modern, open oasis in an ever-more extreme Muslim desert.

Suddenly, the conservative Right was not only okay with LGBT, it was promoting it.

[xchrom]

1. kick

[William769]

2. Ok xchrom, you made me bite.

I was going to steer away from this topic due to the tension level I feel in this forum right now but thank you for making me realize that not who I am to stray away from something that could be controversial. This is posted in the forum Israel/Palestine and of course it's gotten attention there.

I will state this for the record, I will support anyone who supports my human rights/equal rights.

[xchrom]

3. well said. nt

[azurnoir]

4. and according to you on that forum it includes Avigdor Lieberman and Geert Wilders

personally I was shocked at so monocular a view

[William769]

5. Once again my furry little friend.

" will support anyone who supports my human rights/equal rights."

[azurnoir]

6. Thats fine but the scope of that statement should be pointed out n/t

[azurnoir]

7. another question here do you believe that not supporting some of these politicians equates

to not supporting Gay Rights?

[William769]

8. That depends on the individual.

[azurnoir]

9. can you explain that further? n/t

[William769]

10. Sorry not a mind reader, why people do what they do is as diverse as a snowflake.

[azurnoir]

11. good enough n/t