Queers for Palestine celebrates queer resilience and ties it to the struggle for a free Palestine, while firmly rejecting pinkwashing—the use of LGBTQ+ rights to mask or excuse oppression. Liberation is interconnected: the fight for queer rights cannot be separated from the fight against colonialism and injustice, from Turtle Island to Palestine.

Sami Shahin is a queer, multi-disciplinary artist of Palestinian and Syrian heritage working across illustration, animation, and design. His art—featured at the 2024 Vine Arts Festival, through the 2048 Foundation, 312 Main and globally via Flyers for Falastin—explores themes of resistance, memory, and identity, preserving Palestinian voices through powerful visual storytelling.