Black Laundry Explained

Black Laundry (he|כביסה שחורה, Kvisa Shchora) is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) organization that uses direct action to oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian land^[1] and advocate for social justice. The group made its first public appearance in 2001 after the second Intifada, where 250 members marched in the Tel Aviv Pride Day parade with the message 'No Pride in Occupation.' ^[2]

Co-founder Dali Baurn, an activist and professor at the Community School for Women, created Black Laundry to focus on creating a community that advocates social justice for women and queer community by using feminist theory and working with both Palestinians and Israelis.^[3]

According to their website, "Black Laundry tries to stress the connection between different forms of oppression - our own oppression as lesbians, gays and transpeople enhances our solidarity with members of other oppressed groups."^[4]

See also

• International Solidarity Movement
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
• Refuseniks in Israel
• LGBT pinkwashing in Israel

References

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• Katz, Sue, "What's Left of the Left in Israel", Z Magazine, December 2004, 16-19.
• " Interview: Israeli Anarchism – Being Young, Queer, and Radical in the Promised Land", Infoshop News
• Ziv . Amalia . Performative Politics in Israeli Queer Anti-Occupation Activism . GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies . 16 . 4 . 537–556 . 2010-10-20 . 1527-9375 . . mdy-all . 10.1215/10642684-2010-003 . 144608316 .
• Menon . Nivedita . Thinking through the Postnation . Economic and Political Weekly . 44 . 10 . 70–77 . 2009 . 0012-9976 . 40278783 . mdy-all .
• Baum . Dalit . Women in Black and Men in Pink: Protesting Against the Israeli Occupation . Social Identities . 12 . 5 . 563–574 . 2006-09-01 . 10.1080/13504630600920274 . 219697201 . 1350-4630 . mdy-all .
• Book: Adelman . Madelaine . Elman . Miriam Fendius . Sex and the City: The Politics of Gay Pride in Jerusalem . Jerusalem . 2014 . 978-0-8156-5252-6 . . Syracuse University Press . https://muse.jhu.edu/book/32606 . mdy-all .

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Crouse. Charity. 2003. Out and Down and Living in Israel . The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide. 10. 24. .
2. Gordon. U.. 2007. Israeli Anarchchism: Statist Dilemmas and the Dynamics of Join Struggle. Anarchist Studies. 15. 7–30. .
3. Mastron. Ruth. 2004. Living Peace. 4548115. Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 59. 59. 59–64.
4. Web site: Kvisa Shchora . 2006-04-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504041607/http://www.blacklaundry.org/eng-index.html . May 4, 2006 .