'Prior to this I had never been harassed or asked to leave and I had always carried the flag with me.' 'They were telling me to leave because my flag was a trigger to people that they found offensive,' she added. 'It was a flag from my congregation which celebrates my queer, Jewish identity which I have done for over a decade marching in the Dyke March with the same flag,' she told Windy City Times. One marcher, Laurel Grauer, said she was harassed by other Dyke March attendees before being told she needed to leave with her flag. The Dyke March is described by organisers as being a 'more inclusive, more social justice-oriented' march than the city's main Pride parade. The Jewish Star of David flag was banned from the city's annual Dyke March celebrations, and several people carrying the flag were removed form the march because their presence 'made people feel unsafe,' LGBT paper Windy City Timesreported. Jewish people celebrating LGBT Pride in Chicago were told not to display Star of David flags because other people found them 'offensive.'
