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Boycotting anti-gay Russia: Vodka, maybe Olympics too
Human rights supporters are boycotting Russian vodka, as show by this sign at LuLu in Palm Springs, California, “a straight, but not narrow” establishment. (Photo courtesy of AmericaBlog.com) The...
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Russian lawmaker threatens arrests of gay Olympians, tourists
Vitaly Milonov (Photo courtesy of Gay Star News) Russia isn’t making it easy for LGBT-rights advocates to stomach the idea of participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Iin an article entitled...
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Obama: Russia’s anti-gay law is like 76 others’ anti-gay laws
Here is recent news about international reactions to Russia’s expanded repression of LGBT people — from President Barack Obama, from Change.org, and from Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag....
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Russia budges in response to Olympic protests
Russia is nowhere near to repealing its new ban on “gay propaganda,” but the government has softened its stance in response to Western opposition to that law and the prospect of a boycott of or...
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Anti-‘gay propaganda’ bill blocked in Kazakhstan
Location of Kazakhstan in central Asia (Map courtesy of PSU.edu) Opponents of human rights for LGBTI people in Kazakhstan suffered a setback last week, as the nation’s Constitutional Council blocked...
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