“Queer liberation cannot be achieved within the violence of settler-colonialism.”
That damned old drunk F Scott Fitzgerald got one thing, apart from Tender is the Night and The Beautiful and the Damned that is, right.
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time,” Frankie said, “and still retain the ability to function.”
And it’s here we must insert the genius cognitive abilities of the modern Queer for their unwavering support of gay-hating religious fanatics who slaughtered and burned progressive families in their homes and hunted gorgeous young men and women dancing for peace, gay and straight, all the while storing weapons caches in kids bedrooms and in hozzies, kindies etc.
For those who’ve swung in late, the World Surf League is under siege for adding a surfing event to the 2025 world tour at a man-made wave park in Abu Dhabi, where Sharia law is incorporated into the legal system.
Mikey Wright, the older brother of two-time world champ Tyler Wright launched a salvo across the WSL’s bow one week ago writing:
“You have no business putting on an event at a location where my sister can be sentenced by law with the death penalty. So much for equality and equal rights, only when it’s convenient to WSL. You have supported the LGBTQ flag on her shoulder but now you want to strip it and be hush hush to get her to a location that she’s at risk of this punishment. You have the responsibility to protect your athletes, interested to see how you think you can protect her against the law.”
Yesterday, Tyler Wright posted her support for the Palestinian cause despite her family’s fear Islamic law will be, to coin a phrase, the death of her.
Contradictory, yes?
Not, like, even close.
The account, which is called @thesectionsurf, celebrated the daughter of surf legend Tom Curren signing a petition that accuses Israel of genocide and apartheid.
One reader wrote in reply,
“But in Palestine I just read if you’re gay its 10 years in prison. How could you support that?”
The manager of the site replied:
“With all due respect, I am not going to spend much time going over tired talking points that have been thoroughly + incisively covered 12 months ago. The weaponisation of queerness in support of an apartheid regime is one such tired talking point. Members of the LGBTQIA+ community who support Palestine do so because they understand intersectionality, in particular that queer liberation cannot be achieved within the violence of settler-colonialism. If you wish to learn more I encourage you to read the extensive work of Dr Angela Davis, a lesbian political scientist + long time activist for Palestine.”
Read it again?
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community who support Palestine do so because they understand intersectionality, in particular that queer liberation cannot be achieved within the violence of settler-colonialism.
See?
Gay oppression in Gaza and co is the fault of the Jew!
Free the people from the yoke of the Israeli jackboot and Gaza and the West Bank will become queer paradises! Delicious uncut cock openly gobbled on Omar Mukhtar Street! Pride parades in Ramallah!
Or no?