{"id":124975,"date":"2024-03-24T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/jill-biden-lgbtq-speech-disrupted-by-gaza-ceasefire-protestors\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T13:09:21","slug":"jill-biden-lgbtq-speech-disrupted-by-gaza-ceasefire-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/jill-biden-lgbtq-speech-disrupted-by-gaza-ceasefire-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Biden LGBTQ Speech Disrupted by Gaza Ceasefire Protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/human-rights-campaign\/\" id=\"auto-tag_human-rights-campaign\" data-tag=\"human-rights-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Rights Campaign<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/hrc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hrc\" data-tag=\"hrc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HRC<\/a>) Gala in Los Angeles hit a snafu on Saturday when protestors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/israel-hamas-war\/\" id=\"auto-tag_israel-hamas-war\" data-tag=\"israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel-Hamas battle<\/a> interrupted Jill Biden\u2019s keynote deal with on the Fairmont Century Plaza resort in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJust as the primary girl began talking, about 5 folks rose from their seats and commenced shouting, \u201cFree Palestine.\u201d One held an indication that stated, \u201cQueer Jews Say Ceasefire Now.\u201d The night serves as a significant fundraiser for HRC, one of many nation\u2019s main LGBTQ advocacy organizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThey protestors continued yelling as safety ushered them out of the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBiden stopped talking and resumed when the protestors have been out of the ballroom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIt was introduced earlier this week that Biden can be delivering the keynote remarks throughout the dinner and awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier within the evening, protestors blocked the driveway resulting in the resort\u2019s entrance entrance on Avenue of the Stars. At one level, some could possibly be heard shouting, \u201cGenocide Joe!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe night\u2019s program additionally contains awards being offered to Jean Smart (\u201cHacks\u201d) and Sterling Ok. Brown (\u201cAmerican Fiction\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe same protest \u2013 with celebrities together with Sara Ramirez (\u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d) and Indya Moore (\u201cPose\u201d) in attendance \u2014 was held at HRC\u2019s New York City gala in February. Activists denounced HRC\u2019s ties to weapons producer Northrop Grumman and referred to as on the LGBTQ group to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJust days after the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/press-releases\/statement-from-hrc-president-on-the-middle-east-crisis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HRC president Kelley Robinson issued an announcement relating to the continuing violence within the Middle East<\/a>. \u201cThe toll on both Israeli and Palestinian civilian lives rises daily. And many in the United States who are Jewish and Muslim recognize that hate-motivated bias and violence will rise here. Antisemitism is wrong. Islamophobia is wrong. Full stop,\u201d the assertion stated, partially. \u201c[M]any members of our community feel very broken right now. The world is heavy and frightening. And the future is uncertain. This violence is a reminder that the struggle for liberation against extremism, discrimination, and hate is a global struggle. It\u2019s my struggle. It\u2019s your struggle. It\u2019s our struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this month, protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza additionally disrupted <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/awards\/news\/oscars-protest-ceasefire-pins-red-carpet-1235927210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Oscars by blocking streets resulting in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood<\/a>. With the A-list crowd scrambling to get into their seats in time, producers delayed the beginning of the Academy Awards by about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1234848148\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?w=639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png 639w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?resize=150,55 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?resize=300,111 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1234848148\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?w=639\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png 639w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?resize=150,55 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.png?resize=300,111 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Gala in Los Angeles hit a snafu on Saturday when protestors of the Israel-Hamas battle interrupted Jill Biden\u2019s keynote deal with on the Fairmont Century Plaza resort in Los Angeles. Just as the primary girl began talking, about 5 folks rose from their seats and commenced shouting, \u201cFree Palestine.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}