They’re here, they’re queer — and they love Hamas.
As Israel’s war against the terror group rages into its ninth month, LGBT activists who have been a frequent — and curious — part of city protests against the Jewish state made their presence known on the gay enclave of Fire Island.
On June 2, members of Act Up, a radical LGBT nonprofit, stormed the island’s Trailblazer’s Park to rip down a flag honoring Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, the first openly gay Afro-Latino member of Congress and a vocal advocate for Israel.
The flag honoring Torres was chosen last summer, along with 16 others, generated no controversy at the time.
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