Transgender Italian held for second time in Sochi

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By NewsdeskFebruary 17, 2014 Article

A transgender former member of Italy's parliament was detained by Russian police for the second time in 24 hours on Monday for trying to stage a gay rights protest at the Winter Olympics.

Vladimir Luxuria said she was led away by two men in plain clothes on Sunday when she held up a sign saying “Gay is OK” in Russian in the Sochi Olympic Park and was held for about three hours.

She was allowed into the Olympic Park again later on Monday but barred from watching an ice hockey match because she was wearing a rainbow headdress – the colours of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement – and had a gay pride flag.

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Transgender Italian held for second time in Sochi

A transgender former member of Italy's parliament was detained by Russian police for the second time in 24 hours on Monday for trying to stage a gay rights protest at the Winter Olympics.

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Transgender Italian held for second time in Sochi

A transgender former member of Italy's parliament was detained by Russian police for the second time in 24 hours on Monday for trying to stage a gay rights protest at the Winter Olympics.

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