Bring your rainbow-handled beheading tool to this intersectionality collision

“Mandatory masks”?

Some people insist on trying to out Bee the Bee, and sometimes, as here, they succeed

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Because, presumably, they’ll be evacuating from the Indians’ land and soon be homeless, should we hand out free plane tickets (and masks, of course) to their newly discovered beloved country? They might want to read this story before departure, though:

Shock, questions after gruesome killing of gay Palestinian

JERUSALEM (AP) — The severed head and decapitated torso of a 25-year-old Palestinian were discovered on the side of a road in the occupied West Bank, police said Friday, confirming gruesome details of a killing that shocked Palestinian society.

But accounts that the victim, Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, was a gay man who feared persecution for his sexuality and had sought asylum in Israel two years ago turned the terrible crime into a socially and politically explosive case.

It was unclear how Abu Murkhiyeh wound up in Hebron, the conservative West Bank city that he had reportedly fled. Palestinian police officials told The Associated Press on Friday that Abu Murkhiyeh’s head and torso were found near his family’s house.

Palestinian social media was gripped by the grisly killing, but silent on the question of Abu Murkhiyeh’s sexuality. Homosexuality remains deeply taboo in the Palestinian territories, where traditional norms play a prominent role in social and political life.

Sadly, even if they can keep their heads about them while settling in Paradise, they won’t be allowed to hold gay art festivals or any sort of gay gatherings at all. Don’t you hate when that happens?

Palestinian police vow to crack down on planned LGBT event

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian police have threatened to arrest anyone involved in a gathering planned by LGBT activists and have called on people to come forward with information about them.

The announcement over the weekend followed word that al-Qaws, an LGBT group in the Palestinian territories, was planning a gathering this week in the northern West Bank town of Nablus.

Police said Sunday they would “pursue this gathering” and seek charges against anyone involved in it. The police are under the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

UPDATE: Check out this star of Columbia, Mr. Aidan Parisi

“Your repression has only made our commitment to liberation stronger. With Palestine as our compass, we will never fail.”

Moron.