Rome Pride bars Jewish LGBT group from parade over Gaza stance
Keshet Italia may still march on foot, but Jewish groups condemned the decision as an ideological test for participation.
- On Monday, Roma Pride organizers announced that Keshet Italia and Keshet Europe would be banned from the June 20 parade because the Jewish LGBTQ groups refused to condemn Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide.
- Roma Pride stated that while distinguishing the Israeli government from the Jewish community, participants must sign onto the event's political platform; organizers claimed "the conditions" for a float did not exist because the groups failed to distance themselves from the "ongoing genocide in Gaza."
- Keshet Italia slammed the decision as an "unprecedented exclusion" and antisemitic, arguing that Roma Pride "dropped the mask," while Keshet Europe stated the move "crosses a demarcation line that cannot be ignored."
- European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno and the European Jewish Congress criticized the move, warning against imposing "ideological tests" and noting that "ideological purity has always been a terrible organizer of collective freedoms."
- The ban follows longstanding tensions; Keshet Italia noted that Roma Pride remained silent during the 2025 parade when participants waving flags with a Star of David were jeered as "murderers," leading the group to avoid subsequent parades in Milan and Bologna.
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A Jewish LGBT group is excluded from the Pride parade in Rome because it does not refer to Israel's war in Gaza as "genocide." The case is an example of how quickly "diversity" ends when Jews deviate from the given line.
Rome Pride Bans Italy's Only Jewish LGBTQ Group From Its Float Over Refusal to Label Gaza War a Genocide
Rome Pride has barred Italy's only Jewish LGBTQ organisation from participating with a float in next month's parade after the group refused to publicly describe Israel's war in Gaza as a 'genocide', deepening tensions over the conflict inside Europe's activist movements. The decision has triggered fierce criticism from Jewish organisations across Italy and Europe, which accused Pride organisers of imposing a political litmus test on a minority g…
Before the Pride in Rome, Jewish groups are denied a float. Only those who nod a political manifesto of the organizers and distance themselves from the Israeli action in the Gaza Strip should be allowed to participate.
Rome's Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war 'genocide'
Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade, although they are still allowed to participate in the march itself. In a statement that came out Monday, Roma Pride said Keshet Italia had failed to endorse its political manifesto, which characterized Israel’s military campaign in Gaza as a genocide. It also accused the organization of making a…
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