On Saturday, June 29, the annual Anchorage festivities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer, pansexual, asexual, intersex, two-spirit — and their friends and children — took place in downtown Anchorage, capping off “Pride Month” promotion of LGBTQ+ identifying Alaskans.
Unlike parades in other cities across the country, participants kept their clothes on in Anchorage, although some of the fashion choices were questionable.
New to this year’s parade lineup was an entry with a large sign that spelled out, “Queers for Palestine,” with rainbow-attired members shouting for a free Palestine and yelling out antisemitic slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which is a slogan used by terrorist groups and their sympathizers, from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Hamas, both of which call for Israel’s destruction.
Political luminaries who joined the parade and have not disavowed the antisemitism associated with it were incoming Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, Sen. Forrest Dunbar, Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, former acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, Assembly Chairman Chris Constant, Rep. Andrew Gray, and Rep. Jennie Armstrong.
Alaska Landmine received a video from a parade viewer that show the parade entry “Queers for Palestine.”
