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A real-life friendship between a male tiger and a goat is being decried in Russia as ‘gay propaganda’
Russian prosecutors think the media frenzy around an unlikely friendship between a male tiger and goat counts as gay propaganda.
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‘Gay fish’ festival banned in Russia
Authorities in Arkhangelsk are banning a rally that was to honor gay smelt — a very small fish — scheduled for January 25th.
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Maxim magazine’s Russian version “forgives” these celebs for being gay
The article, titled “Gays We Respect,” begins: “We, men, do not consider men who love men to be men…. But there are exceptions. “
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Russia HIV infection bucks trends as World AIDS Day marked
By 2016, the country’s Federal AIDS Center estimates the total number of those diagnosed with HIV will reach 1 million.
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US Embassy mocks Russian paper over fake ‘outing’ letter
The Kremlin-friendly Izvestia paper accused Washington of conspiring to brand some Russian officials as gays.
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Russian man marries pizza pie
80% of Russians oppose same-sex marriage, and the country has strict anti-LGBT propaganda laws. But this Russian just married pizza.
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Russia proposes new law to criminalize ‘coming out’ as gay
Russian lawmakers are drafting a bill that would impose fines or jail time for “coming out” as gay.
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Six men who tortured gay teens and posted the footage online have been jailed
The group manipulated several young men by luring them to “dates,” where they’d be taken to the woods or an apartment, tortured, and filmed.
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Comedians build ‘gay bar’ on Russia-owned land in Finland
The installation protests a Russian law banning the spreading of “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” to minors.
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Russian police detain several gay activists
Yuri Gavrikov, the leader of a gay rights group, was detained by police as he left his home to hold a one-man picket in front of the Hermitage Museum.