Several pro-Palestine LGBTQ+ organizations, including LGSMigrants, Queers for Palestine, and Imaan, have decided to opt out of Pride in London over concerns about event sponsors' ties to Israel's occupation and connections to arms companies supporting it. These groups accuse companies such as Cisco, Coca-Cola, Lidl, Tesco, and Deutsche Bank of 'pinkwashing', which involves publicly allying with LGBTQ+ causes to obscure the darker elements of their business practices. Pride in London, which attracted 1.5 million attendees in 2023, has stated that it stands with those suffering in Gaza and evaluates its partners based on an ethical partnerships policy.
In a series of joint Instagram posts, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) and Queers for Palestine accuse Cisco, Coca-Cola, Lidl, Tesco and Deutsche Bank of “pinkwashing”, publicly allying with LGBTQ+ causes to hide ties to Israel https://t.co/1ONLyvJRaS
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Pride in London, which drew 1.5 million attendees in 2023, stated it stands with those suffering in Gaza and assesses partners based on its ethical partnerships policy. Yet several LGBTQ+ groups "opt out" of it over partners’ links to Israeli occupation https://t.co/tFCPbYzQzQ
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Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSMigrants) and Queers for Palestine accuse Cisco, Coca-Cola, Lidl, Tesco and Deutsche Bank of “pinkwashing”, publicly allying with LGBTQ+ causes to hide the darker elements of a business https://t.co/hglfz5TtA7
Several pro-Palestine LGBTQ+ organisations will not march at Pride in London’s parade on Saturday, citing concerns over ties between some event sponsors and Israel’s occupation, as well as connections to arms companies supporting it https://t.co/dKKP3Op1iE
LGBTQ+ groups LGSMigrants, Queers for Palestine and Imaan take issue with partner firms' ties to Israel, opt out of Pride in London https://t.co/dKKP3Op1iE
LGBTQ+ groups "opt out" of Pride in London over partners’ links to Israel’s occupation https://t.co/uoAkxqi6ps
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