Statements from queer groups objecting to the Center's actions

Many groups sent statements and letters in response to the LGBT Center's cancellation of the anti-Occupation fundraiser, and the expulsion of Siegebusters. They covered topics including:

• The marginalization of queers of color, Middle Eastern queers and Palestinian queers in particular by the Center's actions
• Objections to censorship of free speech and queer organizing
• Objections to the Center's capitulation to funders demanding to control queer space
• Lack of a transparent process for deciding how our community's Center can or cannot be used
• Challenges to the Center's excuses for acting as they did
• and more...

Statements posted online are here:

Aswat - Palestinian Gay Women and alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society:

http://www.alqaws.org/q/content/alqaws-and-aswat-statement-lgbt-center-ny-0