Tag: Russia
USA : Calls on Olympic Sponsors to Condemn Anti-LGBT Law in Russia, Advocate for Equality Worldwide
Today, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin sent a letter to the heads of the top sponsors of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) expressing concern over the anti-LGBT Russian law criminalizing “homosexual propaganda.”
Gay Rights Groups In New York Target Coca Cola
Gay rights groups have poured bottles of Coca Cola down the drain in a protest against the company’s sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia at Times Square in New York.
‘Keep Hope Alive’ campaign launch – World leaders: challenge Russia on human rights
World leaders: challenge Russia’s human rights abuses and clampdown on civil society at G20 meeting in St. Petersburg.
Australian Olympic hopeful speaks out against Russia’s anti-gay legislation
A gay Australian snowboarder hoping to attend next year’s Winter Olympics in Russia is speaking out against the country’s anti-gay laws.
Gay rights groups support Irish musician’s boycott
Musician Keith Pascoe has been praised by Irish gay rights groups for withdrawing from a music event in Russia to highlight laws allowing “homophobic bullying”.
For Sochi the future is gay, whether Vladimir Putin likes it or not
Back in 1976 when Alan Hubbard edited the magazine Sportsworld, then the official publication of the British Olympic Association, he received a telephone call from a Melbourne radio station in the middle of the night following the British figure skater John Curry’s breathtakingly artistic gold medal-winning performance in the Innsbruck Winter games.