""Until the LGBTQ+ community distances itself from all forms of antisemitism, including anti-Zionism, our allies will continue to fall away, and we will remain defenceless in the face of attack," she wrote. "Zionists have always been at the core of LGBTQ+ progress, from Magnus Hirschfield to Elizabeth Taylor, from Larry Kramer to [Edith] Windsor. Their Zionism sprung from their humanitarianism, as did their LGBTQ+ activism.""
""Zionism is an ethnocultural nationalist movement which seeks to establish a Jewish nation, that being Israel, through the colonisation of Palestine and its people. It is not synonymous with Judaism." "She added in the post, which has comments locked, that she believes Zionism is 'not a dirty word' and that any definition of Zionism which highlights the oppression of the Palestinian people is, she says, 'a strategic attempt to undermine Jewish self-determination'.""
Zionists are described as central to LGBTQ+ progress, with historical examples cited such as Magnus Hirschfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Kramer and Edith Windsor. Opposition to Zionism is characterized as a form of antisemitism that risks losing allies and leaving the community vulnerable. Zionism is portrayed as humanitarian and labelled "not a dirty word," while portrayals that emphasize Palestinian oppression are called strategic attempts to undermine Jewish self-determination. The account notes that many prominent LGBTQ+ activists are anti-Zionist and identifies the concept of homonationalism, which critiques linking LGBTQ+ rights to nationalist projects and accuses Israel of deploying that rhetoric regarding Gaza.
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