This conversation was very rich and useful for me. I hope you enjoy it! I am grateful to the organizers and my fellow panelists.
My Latest Writing on Pinkwashing: The Right Wing Is Leveraging Trans Issues to Promote Militarism
I wrote this article on the dangerous ways the right is using trans people to promote right-wing security and military agendas alongside its violent backlash against trans people. Among these tactics is the Israeli government’s “Brand Israel” campaign developed over a decade ago to promote a positive public image of Israel, foment anti-Muslim racism, and distract from Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine and apartheid regime.
Excerpt: “[T]he use of a thin LGBT inclusion politics to make the Israeli or US military appear progressive is becoming a losing strategy. Resistance to pinkwashing is rising, and each controversy exposes new communities to the critique of this propaganda. A growing number of Jews in the US, especially young people, are becoming critical of Israel. The Movement for Black Lives has made its solidarity with the struggle for Palestinian liberation clear, helping many people in the US see the connections between US and Israeli racism and state violence. Cross-movement organizing between Indigenous people in North America, including Water Protectors, and Palestine liberation activists is helping people see the links between US and Israel as settler-colonialism.”
Sex, Gender, and War in an Age of Multicultural Imperialism, with Craig Willse
I wrote this article with Craig Willse called “Sex, Gender, and War in an Age of Multicultural Imperialism,” published in QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking, (2014). You can read the article here.
