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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) was a Toronto-based grassroots LGBT group involved in the movement against what the organization see as Israeli apartheid and is a member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. The group has been involved in Israeli Apartheid Week as well as Pride Week. QuAIA formed shortly after the 2008 iteration of Israeli Apartheid Week at which queer activists had a discussion about "pinkwashing", or the use of gay rights as a propaganda tool to justify Israel’s policy toward Palestine.〔http://queersagainstapartheid.org/who QuAIA website: Who We Are〕 The group went on to form contingents for the 2008-2010 and 2012 Pride parades, as well as holding forums, discussion panels and cultural events in Toronto.〔 The group announced in February 2015 that it was disbanding after seven years of activity.〔("Queers Against Israeli Apartheid disbands" ). ''Toronto Star'', February 26, 2015.〕 == Pride 2010: Banning from Parade and Fallout == In 2010, the group was initially banned from marching in the Pride Toronto Parade,〔("Pride prohibits phrase ‘Israeli apartheid’" ). ''Toronto Star'', May 21, 2010.〕 despite receiving statements of support from queer organizations within and outside Canada, including the three major Palestinian queer rights organizations.〔http://queersagainstapartheid.org/2010/04/26/citys-threat-to-pride-toronto-condemned-internationally City’s Threat to Pride Toronto Condemned Internationally〕 However, following a backlash from the local queer community,〔("Backlash grows against Pride’s ‘Israeli apartheid’ ban" ). ''Toronto Star'', June 6, 2010.〕 Pride Toronto reversed their decision to ban the words "Israeli Apartheid" as of June 23, 2010.〔("Pride Toronto Reverses ban on 'Israeli Apartheid'" ).''Xtra'', June 23, 2010.〕 Yakov M. Rabkin, professor of history at the Université de Montréal, spoke out in favor of QuAIA's message and their right to march in the parade in the pages of the National Post, saying, Gil Troy, professor of History at McGill University, has criticized Queers against Israeli Apartheid: QuAIA marched in the parade on July 4, 2010, along with their allies in the Pride Coalition for Free Speech, largely without incident. 〔("Joyful, messy, chaotic: big love for free speech at Toronto Pride" ).''Xtra'', July 5, 2010.〕 〔("Minor tension at Toronto Pride parade over Queers Against Israeli Apartheid'" ).''Xtra'', July 6, 2010.〕 Several members of the organization have written from their own perspective how the ban on the phrase "Israeli Apartheid" came to pass in 2010 and was later overturned,〔("Queers Against Israeli Apartheid refuse to be silenced" ). ''Electronic Intifada'', July 1, 2010.〕〔("A case study in failure: the Israel lobby at Toronto Pride" ). ''rabble.ca'', July 6, 2010.〕〔("Sanitizing Pride" ). ''Briarpatch Magazine'', May 6, 2011.〕 as well as an argument written by group spokesperson Tim McCaskell relating QuAIA's politics with his previous solidarity work on behalf of Simon Nkoli, a gay anti-apartheid activist in former apartheid-era South Africa.〔("Queers Against Apartheid: From South Africa to Israel" ). ''Canadian Dimension'', June 22, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queers Against Israeli Apartheid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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