Does art speak louder than words? Anna Goodson and her bunch of talented illustrators created a gallery of protest images that range from funny to sweetly moving.

Anna Goodson was so disturbed by Russia’s treatment of LGBT people that she organized a creative backlash.Goodson explained the project’s origins on her blog, saying, “I was wracking my brain to try to figure out a way to make a statement and possibly a difference. Since, illustration is a big part of my life, I had an idea.”

Goodson then sent a memo to everyone she works with at the Anna Goodson Illustration Agency and asked “if they wanted to ‘make a statement.'”

Here were the reults.