Tag: Sochi Olympic Games
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.
Opinion : Olympic Shame
So the IOC is “fully satisfied” that Russia’s anti-gay law doesn’t violate the Olympic Charter. Principle 6 of the Charter says: “Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.”
IOC Abandons LGBT Russians, Olympic Athletes Ahead of Sochi Games
Today the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympic Games, announced it was “fully satisfied” that Russia’s heinous anti-gay propaganda law does not violate the anti-discrimination guarantees of the Olympic charter.
With Sochi Games Only Six Months Away, President Obama Condemns Russia’s Heinous Anti-LGBT Law
In an interview Tuesday with Jay Leno on NBC’s The Tonight Show, President Obama condemned a new Russian law that criminalizes even the most modest gestures of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
IOC Shouldn’t Accept Verbal Promises from Putin
Friday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) released a statement to Russian news outlets responding to growing international fear about the safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individual and allies living in Russia or traveling to Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.