it drives me insane to hear people compare "queers for palestine" to "chickens for KFC" (a thing i have seen in real queer groups in israel as well), when israel is directly to blame for the animosity

the IDF keeps a list of Every closeted queer in palestine, blackmailing them to become informants for the military Or Else. ergo, gay men are implicitly viewed as "traitors" and "spies". this was revealed in 2013 by the Aguda for LGBTQ+ in israel but it's been going on for decades, because the IDF doesn't think it's noteworthy enough to hide evidence of.