Kate Sosin

LGBTQ+ reporter

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The Dyke March has been kicking off every year in New York City for 31 years as a kind of antidote to the traditional and often corporate Pride Parade, held at the end of June. Its focus on women and trans people and its resistance to advertising has given it a more political edge: It’s more of a protest than a party, and straight people tend not to go.

But it is teetering on the edge of becoming a victim of its internal politics.

Since Hamas militants invaded Israel on October 7, 2023 — killing nearly 1,200 people, kidnapping more than 200 and triggering a violent counteroffensive that has left more than 50,000 Palestinians dead — march organizers have argued over whether Zionists and symbols associa

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