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State Dept on Russia Pride arrests

Jennifer Vanasco — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:43:09 +0000

Dan Choi and other Americans were arrested this weekend in Russia while advocating for gay and lesbian rights.

Below is the official statement from the U.S. Department of State.

STATEMENT BY(...)

Moscow City Hall bans gay rights rally

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:51:56 +0000

(Moscow) Russia’s most prominent gay rights activist says Moscow City Hall has banned a gay rights rally on the basis it might provoke civil unrest.

Nikolai Alexeyev told The Associated Press(...)

Court condemns Moscow gay pride bans

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0000

(Strasbourg, France) The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia on Thursday for letting Moscow ban gay pride marches simply because the city’s then-mayor – who famously compared gays to(...)

Police break up gay protest in Russian capital

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:00:11 +0000

(Moscow) Police dispersed a gay rally Tuesday and detained at least a dozen protesters in the Russian capital.

The two dozen demonstrators had been protesting the policies of Moscow Mayor Yuri(...)

Russian gay activist says he was seized by agents

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:00:40 +0000

(Moscow) A prominent Russian gay rights activist who vanished from a Moscow airport this week said Saturday he is back in the capital after being held for more than two days by men he believes(...)

Thurs. Watercooler: Beck is relying on miracles

logointern1 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:12:29 +0000

Only heterosexual married couples will be allowed to adopt Russian children, reports the Moscow Times.

Russia and the U.S. are negotiating child adoptions between the two countries. Russian(...)

Withers: Social conservatives fight against UN recognition of gay rights group

James Withers — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:50:41 +0000

Two Republicans from Congress, New Jersey’s Rep. Christopher H. Smith and Arizona’s Rep. Trent Franks, are standing arm in arm with a coalition of Islamic countries to deny United Nations’(...)

St. Petersburg pro-Pride protest ends with arrests

logointern3 — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:44:50 +0000

Equality, St. Petersburg’s LGBT advocacy group, attempted to organize the city’s first gay pride march to take place Saturday, June 26. City officials banned the parade, denying the group(...)

Moscow mayor bans pride parade, calls it “Satanic”

logointern1 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:57:50 +0000

Gay activists in Russia are not curbing plans for a Moscow gay pride event in May despite comments made by the city’s mayor. The ban the mayor imposed is not stopping them either.

“We(...)

Russian Orthodox Church embraces gays

James Withers — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:28:56 +0000

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church says that, although the church views homosexuality as a sin, homosexuality is a personal choice.

Patriarch Kirill says gays and lesbians must not be(...)