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Activists protest Russia’s anti-LGBT laws at Times Square Olympic countdown
Olympic gold medalists stood on a temporary stage in Times Square talking about training and teamwork when the chants rose up from about 50 feet away. “Homophobia has got to go!” bellowed more than a dozen protesters who unveiled a rainbow banner reading, “Don’t Buy Putin’s Lies.”
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Putin: No discrimination against gays at Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Monday that gay athletes and guests at the Winter Olympics in Sochi will feel at ease, seeking to assuage fears fueled by a recent Russian law banning gay “propaganda.”
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Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Johnny Weir retires, joins NBC for Sochi
NEW YORK — Known as much for his outrageous costumes and comments as his intriguing skating, Johnny Weir is leaving the ice for the broadcast booth.
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U.S. Olympic Committee adds sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Olympic Committee board revised its non-discrimination policy to include sexual orientation, a nod to its disapproval of the Russian anti-gay law recently passed by the Olympic host country.
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Activists stage protest as Olympic flame handed over to Russian organizers
ATHENS, Greece — A few dozen activists staged a peaceful protest Saturday against Russia’s law banning gay propaganda as the Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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How the American Right came to embrace Russia’s anti-gay crackdown
American conservative groups haven’t just praised Russia’s crackdown on gays. Working through several channels, American anti-gay activists quietly provided intellectual backing and international support that directly and indirectly fueled the resurgent anti-gay movement in Russia and in other former Soviet states like Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine.
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USOC chair would vote to amend Olympic charter to prohibit anti-gay bias
PARK CITY, Utah — America’s newest member of the International Olympic Committee would vote to amend the Olympic charter to list sexual orientation as a form of discrimination.
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Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller calls anti-gay law ‘absolutely embarrassing’
PARK CITY, Utah — Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller felt no need to measure his words when asked about Russia’s anti-gay law. “I think it’s absolutely embarrassing that there’s countries and there’s people who are that intolerant and that ignorant,” he said Monday.
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Champion figure skater Ashley Wagner speaks out against Russia’s anti-gay law
PARK CITY, Utah — Unlike many American Olympic hopefuls, figure skater Ashley Wagner has no problem expressing her feelings about Russia’s new anti-gay law.
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Amid Putin’s crackdown, Sochi gay scene thrives
Sochi was a gay hub in Soviet times, a fact facilitated by the Soviet Union’s closed borders, an easygoing southern temperament and, for many visitors, a healthy distance from family and friends back home – giving the place a “What-happens-in-Sochi-stays-in-Sochi” appeal.