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Moscow police detain two at unsanctioned gay pride demonstration
MOSCOW — Police in the Russian capital have detained two protesters who were holding an unsanctioned gay pride demonstration.
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Moscow bans parade honoring Eurovision drag queen Conchita Wurst
MOSCOW — Moscow authorities have turned down gay activists’ application to hold a parade honoring drag queen Conchita Wurst, winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest.
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Recent upheaval in Ukraine adversely affects country’s LGBT population
BRUSSELS — New concerns regarding the safety and welfare of LGBTQ people in Ukraine were raised Monday by members of the European Union’s Parliament.
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Kyrgyzstan to consider anti-gay law similar to Russia’s gay ‘propaganda’ ban
The Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is considering an anti-gay law that would prohibit its citizens from creating “a positive attitude toward non-traditional sexual relations” among minors, a bill nearly identical to Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law.
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On eve of meeting with Pope Francis, Obama lectures Russia on LGBT rights
BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Barack Obama on Wednesday again took aim at Russia’s anti-gay laws following talks with European Union and NATO leaders on Russia’s military-backed annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
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Obama freezes U.S. assets of 7 Russian officials, including author of anti-gay law
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday froze the U.S. assets of seven Russian officials for their support of Crimea’s vote to secede from Ukraine, including those of Yelena Mizulina, the Russian Duma (Parliament) Deputy who authored the controversial anti-gay propaganda law last year.
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Russian law enforcement drops hate crime investigation on anti-LGBT attack
ST, PETERSBURG, Russia — The investigation into a November 2013 attack at a meeting of LGBT rights activists that left a man with the loss of vision in one eye, has been suspended, and will not be investigated as a hate crime.
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Paralympics chief: No need for human rights assurances from host countries
SOCHI, Russia — Countries bidding to host the Olympics and Paralympics should not be compelled to provide assurances about human rights standards, according to the head of the International Paralympic Committee.
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Russian gay couple marries in Buenos Aires, will seek asylum in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A same-sex couple from Russia’s Olympic city of Sochi has married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
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LGBT activists protest Russia’s anti-gay laws at final USOC Olympic event
NEW YORK — Nearly three dozen members of the gay rights activist group Queer Nation held a raucous protest on Sunday at the United States Olympic Committee’s final “Road to Sochi Tour” event at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.