Pinkwatching Israel, Whitewashing Canada: Queer (Settler) Politics and Indigenous Colonization in Canada

Polarized words: discourse on the boycott of Israel, social justice and conflict resolution

“…The topics of the sampled texts were also similar to those discussed in the academic literature. These included: the (non)violent nature of the movement (Arens and Kaufman, 2012; Carter-Hallward and Shaver, 2012; Hassan, 2013); legal perspectives (Weiss, 2013), issues of anti-Semitism (Falk, 2015; Garasic and Keinan, 2015; Kaplan and Small, 2006; Nirenstein, 2015), the debate over academic support of the boycott (Butler, 2006; McCarthy, 2016; Wallach et al , 2006) and minority/marginalized activism (Greyson, 2012; Jackman and Upadhyay, 2014).…”

“…Another topic in the literature on the boycotts against Israel, discussed by academics that adhere to the settler-colonialist framework, connects to the interface between gender, sexual orientation and non-violent civil activism. The boycott movements have created new modes of organizing for activists, who are often socially-politically marginalized (Greyson, 2012; Jackman and Upadhyay, 2014; Sharoni, 2012). For example, Sharoni (2012) notes that Palestinian and Israeli women’s movements were among the first boycott supporters.…”

“…For example, Sharoni (2012) notes that Palestinian and Israeli women’s movements were among the first boycott supporters. Greyson (2012) and Jackman and Upadhyay (2014) discuss organizations of gays and lesbians, for example, Palestinian Queers for BDS, who, in 2010, called for queer activists around the world to endorse the boycott.…”

Deconstructing Queer/Trans Aging: A Critical Discourse Analysis

“…Greensmith, 2014;Greensmith & Giwa, 2013), I see Duggan's concept of homonormativity as connected to settler colonialism. By seeking recognition from and inclusion within the market and the states, most LGBTQ movements in North America have become complicit in legitimizing the settler stateby, for example, celebrating Canada as a progressive country that legalized homosexuality and same-sex marriage (Morgensen, 2012;Jackman & Upadhyay, 2014). This obscures how heteronormativity is part of historical and ongoing colonial projects: "the nuclear family, private property, and capitalist economics" work to "isolate, disperse, and eliminate indigenous modes of kinship and relationship to land" and to erase those whose gender or sexuality deviate from the settler norm (Morgensen, 2012, p. 170).…”

“…LGBTQ older adults who have advocated for queer 1 /trans 2 issues to be recognized within the heteronormative 3 and cisnormative 4 field of gerontology and for aging issues to be recognized within queer/trans organizing (Brotman et al, 2015;Daley et al, 2017). Efforts towards inclusive care for LGBTQ older adults have also occurred against the backdrop of discourses concerning both Canada's 'aging population' (see Statistics Canada, 2017) and Canada's image as queer-friendly (see Jackman & Upadhyay, 2014). I am a queer, white, cisgender woman and a social worker in my 30's who works with seniors.…”