Media
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QuAIA organizes only in the Toronto area and does not have any branches, affiliates, or chapters.
QuAIA IN THE NEWS
April 15, 2011, Xtra!: Jewish Defense League holds protest at Pride Toronto: “We’ll be back, fags!”: JDL member
April 15, 2011, Toronto Star: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid quits Pride parade and issues challenge to mayor
April 15, 2011, Xtra!: QuAIA withdraws from Pride Toronto parade
April 15, 2011, NOW: Pride Pullout
April 15, 2011, Torontoist: QuAIA withdraws from Pride parade
April 15, 2011, Globe and Mail: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid leave Toronto Pride Parade, issue challenge to mayor
April 15, 2011, InsideToronto: Controversial group opts out of Pride parade
April 15, 2011, CBC: ‘Israeli Apartheid’ group pulls out of Toronto Pride
April 15, 2011, National Post: QuAIA pulls out of Pride Parade, challenges Mayor Ford
April 15, 2011, Toronto Sun: ‘Israeli apartheid’ group bows out of Pride parade
April 15, 2011, Toronto Observer: Controversial group did the right thing to bow out of Pride, Rev. Brent Hawkes says
April 15, 2011, CBC Radio Metro Morning: Matt Galloway interviews Pride Toronto interim executive director on QuAIA participation
April 14, 2011, Toronto Sun: Toronto can’t proudly fund a hateful Pride parade: editorial
April 14, 2011, Toronto Star: Pride and “Israeli apartheid”, a guide to the controversy
April 14, 2011, Toronto Sun: Pride faces fund cuts over “Israeli apartheid”
April 14, 2011, Jewish Telegraphic Agency: City funding OK for parade including Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, says Toronto official
April 14, 2011, National Post: Ford warns of cuts to Pride funds
April 14, 2011, Toronto Life: Pride Festival still in Mammoliti’s crosshairs despite city staff declining to call “Israeli Apartheid” hate speech
April 14, 2011: InsideToronto: Mayor, councillor to fight against group in Pride parade
April 13, 2011: CityNews: “Israeli apartheid” deemed not discriminatory; one councillor disagrees
April 13, 2011: Xtra!: City Manager releases report on “Israeli apartheid”
April 13, 2011: Xtra!: Pride Toronto still ‘vulnerable’
April 13, 2011: CBC: No Pride funding if “Israeli apartheid” group marches: Holyday
April 13, 2011: CTV: ‘Israeli apartheid’ phrase not discriminatory: city staff
April 13, 2011: Toronto Star: Phrase “Israeli apartheid” not discriminatory: city manager
April 13, 2011: Globe and Mail: Toronto report finds “Israeli apartheid” does not promote hatred
April 13, 2011: Torontoist: “Israeli apartheid” doesn’t violate city’s anti-discrimination policy
April 13, 2011: Torono Sun: “Israeli apartheid” term OK, city rules
April 13, 2011: Globe and Mail: Chain saws, street meat, apartheid, and gayness
April 13, 2011: Xtra!: Jewish Defense League likens gays to Nazis
April 8, 2011: Xtra!: Sun removes Levy from Pride beat pending Council vote
April 6, 2011: Xtra!: Levy urges Jewish leaders to press City to defund Pride Toronto
March 16, 2011, rabble.ca: Judith Butler speaks about BDS at Toronto Israeli Apartheid Week
March 11, 2011, Xtra!: Whose lives matter? An interview with Judith Butler
March 10, 2011, Canadian Jewish News: Toronto mayor lays down Pride parade law
September 2, 2010: The Nation, Ten things the past can teach us today
August 5, 2010: Middle East Monitor: Monthly media digest, July 2010
July 15, 2010: Media Coop: QuAIA brings politics back to Pride
July 15, 2010, Xtra!: The Party don’t stop
July 10, 2010, Green Left: Queers against apartheid beat censorship bid
July 2, 2010, This Magazine: Yet another Pride scandal: the marginalization of Blackness Yes!
July 2, 2010, Toronto Star: Pride parade risks becoming a political battleground
July 1, 2010, Electronic Intifada: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid refuse to be silenced
July 1, 2010, rabble.ca: Pride Toronto reverses its decision to ban QuAIA
June 30, 2010, Eye Weekly: Politic, meet body
June 29, 2010, Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Gay pride used ruse to include anti-Israel group, critics charge
June 24, 2010, CBC: Pride group drops “Israeli apartheid” ban
May 22, 2010: National Post, Pride bans anti-Israel wording from parade
May 22, 2010: Globe and Mail, Toronto’s Gay Pride parade will exclude contentious group
May 21, 2010: Toronto Star, Pride prohibits phrase “Israeli apartheid”
May 21, 2010: Toronto Sun, Pride parade gives boot to anti-Israel group
May 21, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto kind of sort of bans Queers Against Israeli Apartheid
May 16, 2010: Mostly Water, Reclaiming Pride and Challenging White Privilege in Queer Organizing
May 14, 2010: Xtra!, Council motion still looms as Pride Toronto dilemma comes to a head
May 14, 2010: Pembazuka, Pride Toronto asked to ban Queers Against Israeli Apartheid
May 14, 2010: Xtra!, Council motion still looms as Pride Toronto dilemma comes to a head
May 13, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto plans to censor the term ‘Queers Against Israeli Apartheid’
May 12, 2010: Xtra!, City of Toronto defers Pride funding motion
May 12, 2010: Sun TV, Mammoliti draws Pride ultimatum
May 12, 2010: Toronto Sun, A decision is long overdue from Pride committee
May 11, 2010: rabble.ca, We can’t ALL be anti-Semites, can we?
May 11, 2010: National Post, National Post editorial board: Pride means paying for your own parade
May 10, 2010: Toronto Sun, Mammoliti steps up pressure on Pride
May 7, 2010: National Post, Counterpoint: Yakov Rabkin on Pride parade
May 6, 2010: Xtra!, It’s official: showdown at city hall over Pride funding
May 5, 2010: Jewish Tribune, Cut funds to Pride parade, mayoral candidate urges
May 5, 2010: National Post, Martin Gladstone: Good sense closes in on the Pride parade
April 29, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto and QuAIA ignore Mammoliti ultimatum
April 29, 2010: National Post, Pride Toronto won’t rule out Queers Against Israeli Apartheid group
April 28, 2010: modkraft.dk, Israel-Palæstina konflikten skaber splid om pride-parade
April 27, 2010: Xtra!, OMG, Pride Toronto, please don’t take the bait
April 27, 2010: Toronto Star, Mammoliti jumps into Pride parade debate
April 27, 2010: Toronto Sun, Pride parade controversy brewing
April 26, 2010: Bekhsoos.com, Palestinian Queers for BDS: A Struggle Against Israel’s Colonization, Occupation, and Apartheid
April 22, 2010: Ha’aretz, Anti-Israel group could cost Toronto Gay Pride parade its funding
April 22, 2010: Toronto Star, Readers Mull Pride Funding
April 21, 2010: Canadian Civil Liberties Association, CCLA concerned regarding threats to Toronto Pride Parade funding
April 21, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto should embrace free expression, even if it means less cash
April 20, 2010: CBC News Network, Power & Politics
April 20, 2010: Globe and Mail, Anti-Israel gays misusing Pride Parade as a platform
April 19, 2010: AM 640, The John Downs Show
April 19, 2010: Mondoweiss, Toronto threatens Pride march funding over apartheid comparison
April 18, 2010: Toronto Star, City may cut Pride funding over ‘Israeli apartheid’ marchers
April 13, 2010: Xtra!, Public pressure from Pride sponsorship nothing new: TD Bank
April 10, 2010: National Post, Anti-Israel group has a place in Pride Parade
April 8, 2010: MuzzleWatch, The Israel Lobby’s Smear Campaign and Toronto Gay Pride
April 8, 2010: Xtra!, Rightwing newspaper calls on City of Toronto to withdraw its support for Pride Toronto
April 8, 2010: National Post, Parade of horribles
March 31, 2010: Xtra!, Is Pride Toronto’s city funding on the chopping block?
March 31, 2010: National Post, Barbara Kay: The human cuckoos
March 30, 2010: Xtra!, Councillor Kyle Rae pressured Pride Toronto to oust QuAIA
March 24, 2010: Toronto Sun, Sue-Ann Levy: Pride and politics don’t mix
March 24, 2010: Xtra!, How a queer protest pushed Pride Toronto to withdraw its censorship policy
March 23, 2010: NOW, Pride’s mixed messaging
March 23, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto withdraws controversial signage policy
March 19, 2010: Xtra!, Were Pride Toronto’s focus groups stacked?
March 17, 2010: Xtra!, FREE free expression guidelines for Pride Toronto
March 16, 2010: Xtra!, Pride Toronto developing “free expression policy”
March 16, 2010: Xtra!, Artists to Pride Toronto: Freedom of expression should be offensive
March 11, 2010: Xtra!, All signs must be vetted with us first: Pride Toronto
March 11, 2010: rabble.ca, Coming out against Israeli apartheid: The case for solidarity
January 20, 2010: National Post, Pride Toronto seeks public input on political groups
June 29, 2009: rabble.ca, RabbleTV coverage of QuAIA at Pride
June 29, 2009: rabble.ca, Over 200 march against Israeli apartheid at Toronto Pride
June 25, 2009: NOW, We’re here, we’re queer, we’re political
June 22, 2009: Xtra!, An unholy mess
June 22, 2009: CBC Radio’s The Current, Pride and Politics
June 20, 2009: Vancouver Coop Radio’s Redeye, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid
June 18, 2009: Xtra!, The politics of Pride
June 13, 2009: Toronto Sun, Pride ‘not about hate’
June 12, 2009: Toronto Sun, Pride Parade outrage
June 3, 2009: Ryerson Free Press, An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail
May 31, 2009: rabble.ca, Pride Toronto stands its ground against pro-Israel lobbyists
May 29, 2009: Xtra!, Not Banned After All
May 29, 2009: Toronto Star, Jewish group slams anti-Israel gays
May 29, 2009: National Post, Political banners OK with Pride Toronto
May 28, 2009: Xtra!, Canadian filmmaker boycotts Tel Aviv’s queer film fest
May 27, 2009: National Post, Toronto Pride organizers ban anti-Zionist group [This story was false. See Pride Toronto’s clarification.]
May 27, 2009: rabble.ca, Pro-Israel lobbyists threaten funding for Toronto’s gay pride
PRESS RELEASES
April 26, 2010: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, City’s Threat to Pride Toronto Condemned Internationally
April 23, 2010: Palestinian Queers for BDS, Palestinian Queers for BDS statement on QuAIA and City of Toronto threats
April 20, 2010: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, LGBT Community Condemns Sponsor Interference in Pride Toronto [PDF]
June 2, 2009: Canadian Arab Federation, QuAIA should be part of Toronto Pride parade [PDF]
June 2, 2009: Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, CAIA Toronto applauds Toronto Pride’s decision not to ban anti-apartheid queer group from parade
June 27, 2009: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, LGBT Community Comes Out Against Israeli Apartheid in Pride Parades [PDF]
