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Anti-gay Russians: Cancel Elton John concerts, he ‘supports sodomites’
MOSCOW — Russian anti-gay group are calling on the Putin government to ban two upcoming December concerts by openly gay British pop artist Sir Elton John.
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Transgender human rights lawyer announces bid for Russian president
MOSCOW — A transgender attorney and Chairperson for the Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights announced Monday her intent to run for President of the Russian Federation.
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Scott Lively: Russia’s anti-gay law ‘one of the proudest achievements of my career’
Scott Lively was the guest on Bryan Fischer’s radio program Monday, and while, unfortunately, they did not discuss Lively’s theory that President Obama is the Antichrist, they did discuss their mutual admiration for Russia’s anti-gay crackdown.
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Gay rights protesters disrupt Met Opera gala over Russia’s anti-gay laws
NEW YORK — Four members of the advocacy group Queer Nation NY on Monday disrupted the Metropolitan Opera’s Opening Night Gala, demanding that pro-Putin Russian performers at the Gala — and the Met itself — end their silence on the Kremlin’s attacks on LGBT Russians.
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Scott Lively’s war on gays spans the U.S. to Uganda, Russia and beyond
Ask any LGBT rights activist to name the one person that they would pick as the community’s arch-nemesis, and the likely answer would be Scott Lively, a Springfield, Mass., evangelical pastor and part-time coffeehouse barista.
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Putin says there is no discrimination against gays in Russia
VALDAI, Russia — President Vladimir Putin denied Thursday that gays face discrimination in Russia, saying that a new law that has drawn protests worldwide does not infringe on their rights.
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Russia persuaded to alter ‘Olympic Truce’ to preclude anti-LGBT discrimination
NEW YORK — Following lengthy negotiations with United Nation representatives, Russian diplomats have reworded Russia’s version of the symbolic “Olympic Truce” statement to include wording that would preclude anti-gay discrimination.
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Olympic snowboarder denounces Russian anti-gay law
PORTLAND, Maine — Two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Seth Wescott says the Winter Olympics in Russia could be tarnished because of Russian legislation that bans gay “propaganda.”
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Russian MP would rather a child be an orphan than be raised by a gay parent
MOSCOW — A member of the Russian Parliament, who last week said he planned to introduce a bill that would deny gay parents custody over their children, said he would rather a child be an orphan than be raised by gays.
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New Olympic Committee leader to be tested quickly by Sochi, Rio
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — New IOC President Thomas Bach will be tested quickly by two troublesome Olympics: the Winter Games less than five months away in the southern Russian resort of Sochi, and the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro — still three years away but setting off alarms.