Tag: Russia
Speaker Boehner Brings Hate-Peddlers to Capitol Hill
Buzzfeed reports that House Speaker John Boehner today secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.
Putin’s Peace Prize
Having allowed myself some time take in the news of Putin’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination I find I have reached no greater conclusion than the; ‘What the what?’ of my initial reactionary facial expressions.
U.N. urges Olympic social inclusion amid Russian gay rights storm
The U.N. General Assembly called on Wednesday for an international truce during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and urged Moscow “to promote social inclusion without discrimination” amid outrage over the country’s ban on gay “propaganda” among minors.
HRC Launches “Love Conquers Hate” Campaign Supporting Russia’s LGBT Community Ahead of Sochi Games
With the Sochi Olympic Games just a few months away, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the U.S largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today launched its “Love Conquers Hate” campaign to support the members of Russia’s LGBT community, who are being targeted by a hateful “anti-propaganda” law that prohibits public support for equality in the country.
Russian asylum seekers can include anti-gay rules in their case: minister
The Netherlands foreign minister Frans Timmermans is prepared to offer asylum to Russians who are discriminated against under Russia’s anti-gay propaganda legislation.
European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb
At a crossroad between legal progress and increasing social hostility:
European LGBTI movement gathers for its largest annual conference in Zagreb.