The Postcolonial Left's Blindness to Islamic Homophobia

British leftist Owen Jones tweeted an attempt to downplay the virulent and legally institutionalized homophobia in Gaza .

The tweet was quickly annotated by Twitter ’s crowdsourced fact-checking feature, “Community Notes” While it is true that the British Empire introduced anti-LGBT laws in its colonies, those laws are not valid anymore.

Hamas 's attitude toward homosexuality comes not from the British , but from their fundamentalist Islamism.

Queer Majority champions the sexual rights and freedoms of consenting adults, while retaining a firm commitment to free speech and liberal values.

It is possible to recognize the injustices imposed on Palestinians by the Israeli government, while recognizing that Hamas is a fascist, theocratic regime hell-bent on genocide and global jihad.

There can be no “free Palestine” or “ Queers for Palestine’s .