“I get the sense of it to a degree in that they’re trying to make people more comfortable and less triggered within their own issues, so I understand that,” said Carroll, who is not Jewish. The Oregon event is planned for Saturday. The Portland Dyke March is “completely against the banning of the Israeli flag,” head organizer Belinda Carroll told JTA.
Though the march, which first took place in Washington, D.C., in 1993, originates in the lesbian community, many rallies welcome all who identify with the word “dyke,” including bisexual, queer and transgender women, as well as gender nonconforming people. There is no central or national organization representing the Dyke March, and rallies around the country are planned independently and on different dates. The Jewish online magazine Tablet reported that early Jewish organizers of the Women’s March were made to feel unwelcome and pushed out. Connect with your community every morning.Īnother organizer, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour, also drew fire for describing ways in which she felt Zionism and feminism are not compatible.
