Jewish LGBTQ Group Barred From Rome Pride Parade
Keshet Italia was excluded from the June 14, 2025 Rome Pride event after declining to join a statement condemning Israeli actions in Gaza. The organization called the decision antisemitic.
jpost.comKeshet Italia, an Italian Jewish LGBTQ organization, was barred from participating in the June 14, 2025 Rome Pride parade. The exclusion followed the group's refusal to sign a statement labeling Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide. Organizers did not provide a public explanation for the decision.
In a Tuesday press release, Keshet Italia described the ban as antisemitic and said it revealed the organizers' true stance. The group called the move an "unprecedented exclusion" of the only Italian Jewish LGBTQ organization. No other groups were reported to have faced similar conditions for participation.
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Keshet Italia issued a press release calling the exclusion antisemitic.
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Rome Pride parade is scheduled to take place.
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Keshet Italia will not march in the June 14 parade.
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