Tag: Mamdani

More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

October 31, 2025

The Ripple Effects — From Kampala to Queens By Melanie Nathan, Country Conditions Expert on African LGBTQI+ Refugees and Executive Director, African Human Rights Coalition, written in my personal capacity. Silence can be a kind of betrayal — especially when the person staying silent is the one asking for our votes. When Uganda passed its … More More Than Just a Photograph: Why New York’s Queer Community Should Not Be Voting for Zohran Mamdani

How Mamdani’s Political Duplicity Endangers Jews and Queer New Yorkers

October 23, 2025

Progressive in Name, Dangerous in Practice: History shows that when leaders preach tolerance but wink at hate, the violence of the margins finds cover in the silence of power. By Melanie Nathan, Oct 23, 2025 New York City, the world’s beating heart of pluralism, tolerance, and artful dissent, now faces a moral test disguised as … More How Mamdani’s Political Duplicity Endangers Jews and Queer New Yorkers

This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

October 16, 2025

The Policy, hate and laws we export—and ignore—boomerang back to our schools, courts, hospitals, and democracy. We cannot be silent! By Melanie Nathan, Oct 16, 2025 As Americans debate our own culture wars, and watch our democracy fail, a quiet crisis continues to unfold across Africa, destined to reflect our own doom: LGBT people are … More This Isn’t “Over There”: Why LGBT Africa Matters to America

LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

October 8, 2025

When a pattern emerges – pay attention…. By Melanie Nathan, October 08, 2025 New York City deserves a mayor who speaks with one voice—publicly and privately—on human dignity. With Zohran Mamdani, the pattern now visible across headlines and timelines is not an isolated gaffe; it’s a through-line. On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, … More LGBTQI+ AND JEWISH NEW YORKERS: WAKE UP TO A DUPLICITOUS MAMDANI

The Photo That Betrays the Platform: Zohran Mamdani, Rebecca Kadaga, Align Amidst Deadly Homophobia

October 5, 2025

By Melanie Nathan October 095, 2025 Outrage at the  Mamdani Kadaga Connection: How Silence on Uganda’s Anti-LGBT Law Undercuts ‘Stand With the Marginalized’ Zohran Mamdani says he stands with the marginalized, yet stayed silent on Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill —and then posed with its chief champion, Rebecca Kadaga. That’s not allyship. It looks like … More The Photo That Betrays the Platform: Zohran Mamdani, Rebecca Kadaga, Align Amidst Deadly Homophobia

The Socialist Mirage: Cuomo’s Clarity vs. Mamdani’s Dangerous Evasions

September 7, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, September 07, 2025. In a City on Edge, Only One Candidate Confronts Hate with Unflinching Clarity … See the Jews Guide to Voting for NYC Mayor at the end. In a city as kaleidoscopic and politically combustible as New York, the mayoral showdown between Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani transcends electoral rivalry. … More The Socialist Mirage: Cuomo’s Clarity vs. Mamdani’s Dangerous Evasions

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions

August 2, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to the Political and Ethical Questions raised by his failures on Antisemitism: By Melanie Nathan, August 02, 2025. What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander—but when it comes to Zohran Mamdani, the double standard is glaring. The political values he champions in the United States—equity, … More Zohran Mamdani’s alleged Ugandan Extravaganza Adds to Political and Ethical Questions