This paper will explore the discursive and theoretical relationships between queer theory, transnational feminism, and Palestine studies. As a scholar working on Palestinian-American cinema, transnational feminist theory has been integral to my examination of the gendered dimensions of visual and discursive representation in the US context. However I am not interested in theorizing “Palestinian-American” as a hybrid identity category because I believe doing so relegates Palestinian-Americans to the space of “neither/nor” and “other,” which provides further justification for Palestinian-American marginalization from both US and Palestinian cultures, societies, and political processes. This paper is concerned with understanding the power relations of such a category, specifically the simultaneous privileges that are granted and dispossessions that are justified when it comes to “Palestinian American” as a category of identity and geopolitical positionality. As such, I take up the term “queer” to unpack the intersections Palestinian-American identity and understand the transnational condition of the Palestinian diaspora in relation to both US and Palestinian culture and politics. Why are the borders of queer theory so heavily policed regarding questions of transnationalism and intersectionality? What are the concerns and possibilities within the field of Palestine studies regarding queer theory? From its use as derogatory slang to its development into an theoretical field of inquiry, the term “queer” has changed over time to encompass not only the categories of gender and sexuality, but especially within the context of the US academy, is now a marker of a certain kind of radical leftist politics concerned with intersecting issues of race, ability, immigration status, financial in/security, and state violence. But before queer became a set of cultural politics, it was a marker of difference. Scholars such as Theresa de Lauretis, Judith Butler, and Eve Sedgwick have laid important groundwork for theorizing queer in terms of gender and sexual difference. Others, such as Roderick Ferguson, Cathy Cohen, Jasbir Puar, and Grace Hong have leveraged women of color and Third World feminist theory to developed the field of queer of color critique to account for other dimensions of “non-normativity” within the US context, such as race, immigration status, nationality, and class. In this paper I argue for an understanding of queer as a set of leftist cultural politics that center gender, sexual, and racial justice. Such an understanding opens up possibilities for solidarity and coalition building across and between the United States and Palestine under the umbrella of queer politics.