New York, NY – The leader of an LGBTQ group at Columbia University is excluding any supporters of Israel from an upcoming black lesbian film event, The Post has learned.
With the conflict in Gaza raging, an organization called LionLez sent out a message to students promoting an on-campus “Black Lesbian Film” event said explicitly said no “Zionists” would be welcome to attend.
“It’s FREE PALESTINE over here. Zionists aren’t invited. See you soon, Lion Lez,” read the promotion for the Friday night showing of the two flicks, including one called “Shakedown” which “chronicles explicit performances in an underground lesbian club in Los Angeles.”
The missive, sent by group founder and leader Lizzy George-Griffin, also included a rambling message that noted “THE HOLOCAUST WASN’T SPECIAL,” according to a copy of the ad obtained by the Post.
When reached by the Post Wednesday, George-Griffin doubled down on her ban on Israel backers.
And while she did insist to The Post that the ban on “Zionists” did not mean all Jews were excluded, she expanded on her group’s comment about The Holocaust.
“When I say The Holocaust wasn’t special, I mean The Holocaust was not significantly unique from the many other large-scale genocides. When I say the Holocaust wasn’t special, I mean it was not special enough to justify this current genocide against Palestinians,” she wrote.
A fellow student, who wished to be identified only by her initials, said “antisemitism has become commonplace at Columbia,” and said it was “bewildering” that someone as “disturbingly ignorant” as George-Griffin was admitted to the top tier university.559
“Israel is the sole democracy in the Middle East, has 2.1 million Arab citizens who have the EXACT SAME rights as all Jews and hold positions in the government, and is the only country in the area where you can hold hands with your same-sex partner and live to see tomorrow,” said KA in a written statement, pointing out that homosexuality is illegal in Gaza under Hamas’ reign.
“As we have reiterated many times over the past few weeks, antisemitism or any other form of hate will never be tolerated in our community,” a Columbia University spokesperson told The Post, adding “the event organized by Lionlez is not proceeding on Friday and is being reviewed.”
