
A Chicago woman has been kicked out from march over holding the Jewish pride flag. The woman is one among the three people carrying the Jewish pride flags, who said that they were kicked out of pride march in the Little Village on Saturday.
They call it as the Chicago Dyke March. The organizers said they call it that because they are trying to reclaim a term which has historically been used against the people in LGBTQ community.
The march is a separate from the Chicago Pride Parade and is also billed as a more inclusive event focused on the social justice.
Laurie Grauer said that she received her Jewish pride flag from the Congregation Or Chadash, in which she is a member.
"It was Chicago's first, and for a while only, LGBT congregation," she said.
Grauer said that she and two other friends have been told that they were unwelcome to the 1,500-person march because the flags which they hold were offensive and also threatening.
"For me, carrying this flag is a celebration of these identities I hold very dear -- being Jewish and being gay,” she said.
March organizers, in a statement said that they are not anti-Semitic, but they are the anti-Zionist. They totally support the liberation of Palestine and also all the oppressed people everywhere.
But Grauer said she was not carrying the Israeli flag, and also she was not even talking about the Israel until she was cornered by some other marchers.
On Sunday there was swift reaction on the social media. The Human Rights Campaign slammed the march organizers and said “this is not right.”
Grauer works for the organization called as Wider Bridge, which is a pro-Israel LGBTQ non-profit.
Organizers of the march said that they did not know she worked for that organization when they have asked her to leave. They also said that Jewish people who are not pro-Israel are welcome to their events.
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