Queer pro-Palestinian groups have staged protests, sit-ins and other demonstrations in the hopes that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender will allow them to hold meetings at the center.  CREDIT: Irish Queers/Picasa

Two newly formed pro-Palestinian LGBT groups are turning up the heat on a Greenwich Village community center, making New York the latest battleground over Israel LBGT communities. The two groups have staged demonstrations, sit-ins and pickets because they claim they have been banned from using the center due to their political views.

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