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Globalizing Homophobia: ‘Today the whole world is looking at Russia’
On June 13, 2013, just days after the Russian Duma passed laws banning on gay “propaganda” and actions that “offend religious feelings,” a delegation of five French Catholic anti-gay activists – at least one with ties to the far-right Front National party – traveled to Moscow at the invitation of the Duma committee on family, women and children to discuss, among other issues, Russia’s plans to tighten its ban on adoption by same-sex couples abroad…
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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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Russian court drops ‘gay propaganda’ charge against lesbian activist
RYAZAN, Russia — A ruling by a Russian court last week that dismissed an administrative charge against a lesbian activist under a regional “gay propaganda” law, has been lauded by Russian LGBT activists as a sign that the federal law will eventually be overturned.
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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.
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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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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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Sochi asks IOC to help stop ‘speculation’ over Russia’s anti-gay law
The head of the Sochi Olympics asked the IOC on Sunday to help “stop this campaign and this speculation” related to the anti-gay law that has been overshadowing preparations for next year’s Winter Games in Russia.
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Human rights activists target Russian anti-gay law at G20 protests
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Spaced out along St. Petersburg’s main thoroughfare, about a dozen human rights activists staged individual protests to attract the attention of leaders of the world’s biggest economies to human rights violations in Russia.
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Cameron to confront Putin on LGBT rights while in Russia for G20 summit
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron will confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over LGBT rights in Russia during a previously scheduled private meeting later this week at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, a British government official confirmed Wednesday.
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Putin offers assurances on gay rights at Sochi Olympics
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia — President Vladimir Putin sought to ease concerns that Russia’s new anti-gay law would be used to punish athletes who display rainbow flags during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, while insisting that gays are not discriminated against in his country.