Tag: Russia
HRC to Track NBC’s Coverage of Russia’s Anti-LGBT Law During Olympics
Yesterday the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, announced it will monitor NBC’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and track reporting on the anti-LGBT situation in Russia.
Gay and Russian : «It’s hunting season, we are the hunted»
Crawling through the morning traffic in St Petersburg, I was greeted with a surprising sight in the car alongside: a young man was staring intently at images of naked women in a magazine propped up on his steering wheel. Had those been images of young men, he’d have been breaking the law.
AT&T Condemns Anti-LGBT Law in Russia, Sets Example for Other Olympic Sponsors
Today, AT&T became the first major U.S. corporation to make a public statement condemning the anti-LGBT Russian law outlawing “homosexual propaganda.”
Russia: Pressure Escalates on Sochi Corporate Sponsors
Corporate sponsors of the Sochi Winter Olympics should act now to urge Russia to halt the rising tide of discrimination, harassment and threats against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, 40 of the world’s leading human rights and LGBT groups said today, in an unusual joint open letter.
Three Jailed In Russia For Killing Man They Believed Was Gay
A court in Russia’s northeastern Kamchatka Peninsula has sentenced three men to prison for killing a man they believed was gay.
Norwegian celebrities against Russian LGBT hate
Norwegian celebrities clearly states: Witch Hunt and harassment of minorities do not belong in the Olympics. – A clear expectation from the Norwegian people, sports politicians and Norwegian authorities to the Sochi, says initiator National Association for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LLH).