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Mon Jun 10, 2019, 03:20 PM Jun 2019

(Jewish Group) I Won Marriage Equality For Gay Americans. I Am Horrified At The Dyke March Ban On Je

I Won Marriage Equality For Gay Americans. I Am Horrified At The Dyke March Ban On Jewish Symbols.

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

The growing, well-documented rise of anti-Semitism in the past few years in this country is disturbing. But there is something even more insidious when that discrimination comes from supposed friends.

The D.C. Dyke March, an event that claims “to celebrate and center all Dykes,” has decided to ban certain symbols, including Israeli or Jewish Pride flags. The message felt by many is unmistakable: If you are gay and Jewish, you are not welcome here.

This hits home for me on many levels. I am a lesbian who has spent much of my career fighting for the equal dignity of LGBTQ people.
I am also Jewish. My client, the late Edie Windsor, who helped to win marriage equality nationwide, was also Jewish. So was her spouse, Thea Speyer.

When she was alive, Edie loved to march in the NYC Dyke March. In fact, it was a recurrent argument between us; I was always worried she would get hurt in the crush of the crowd or by a hater on the sidelines. Edie always ignored me and marched anyway.

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