Queer Solidarity with Palestinians Navigating Identities in the Context of Conflicting Solidarities
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2024-07-12
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This study examines how social movements navigate different identities in the context of
conflicting solidarities. On October 7th, 2023, the violent conflict in Gaza reached another
escalation. Many social movements united in a global solidarity movement to express their
compassion with Palestinians, one of which is the LGBTQ+ movement. The rights of the
LGBTQ+ community are, however, not well protected in Palestine, which has caused conflicts
within this movement. By analyzing statements released by Dutch LGBTQ+ organizations in
response to the violent conflict in Gaza, this study identifies four key frames employed by these
organizations: the ‘human rights’, ‘injustice’, ‘identity’, and ‘solidarity’ frames. The
comparative analysis of these frames shows two underlying mechanisms that depict how the
organizations managed internal identity differences: silencing the differences and focusing on
intersectionality. It concludes that social movements can navigate different identities in the
context of conflicting solidarities by not incorporating these differences in their expressions as
a collective, or by focusing on the inclusion of all identities within the collective. This
significantly enhances the existing literature, which has thus far offered limited insights into
the mechanisms through which social movements navigate different identities within their
collective identity.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen