Comments on: Jewish LGBTQIA+ Group Dayenu Withdraw From Mardi Gras Parade

By: Jasper Samuelson

Jasper Samuelson — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:03:33 +0000

As a gay group, representing Jewish Australians, they should feel absolutely safe to march. However, Dayenu is not simply about their gay, Jewish intersectionality. They are purposefully conflating their Jewish identity with that of Israel and its actions and claiming victimhood in the process. They are guilty of trying to pinkwash genocide and referring to the protests against genocide as a “riot at the town hall” is so utterly disingenuous and low-key racist that they discredit themselves entirely.
I would welcome any LGBTQIA+ Jewish Australians marching alongside others in a Pride protest celebrating our shared humanity, but Dayenu can take their fake victimhood card and maybe bury it along with their consciences and the bodies of the victims of the Israeli violence that they seem determined to pin their flag to.
They should not be missed.
Jews welcome. Zionists not welcome. Simple.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:40:02 +0000

It’s a sad day when gay groups cannot march in the Mardi Gras parade fearing violence from other GLBTIQ+ groups.

I would urge that the activist rant from Manu Lapita be ignored as it appears to me to be a hateful rant that singles out a gay group in Australia who have every right to feel safe marching in this parade.

By: Manu Lapita

Manu Lapita — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:48:30 +0000

This news is no loss to the Progressive Gay Community concerned with Humanitarian Opposition to Israel’s ongoing and livestreamed Genocide in Gaza-Palestine.
Dayenu mentions a “violent riot at Sydney Town Hall”. I was there and saw that all the violence was perpetrated by the Police against peaceful protestors of all ages. It was a RIOT BY THE POLICE and the Anti Genocide Movement will be vindicated in the Courts.
Dayenu is a regressive organisation that proudly wears the Star of David, the symbol of the ethno-supremacist, apartheid Zionist and Israeli régime, which is currently engaged in savage Genocide, Ethnic-Cleansing, Enforced Starvation and other Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza-Palestine.
As humane and Progressive Queer People who view our struggle for our rights to be part of the overall one for the rights of First Nations and other Oppressed and Victomised Peoples, I urge Queer People to ignore Dayenu and research the voices of Queer actor Miriam Margolyes, journalist Antony Loewenstein, the Jewish Council of Australia and other courageous and humane voices against the Gaza Genocide.