Stephen Fry’s call for a boycott of everything Russian was widely reported, Cher won’t sing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. The prime minister raised the issue when meeting president Putin at the G20 two weeks ago. But it’s important that such solidarity is properly informed and doesn’t lead to unintended consequences – like the campaign started in the USA for boycotting vodka actually made in Latvia, not Russia.
LGBT History Month’s mother ship Schools OUT UK has come out against the campaign slogan ‘Right behind Gay Footballers’. They have joined with a number of groups who having already been campaigning for several years to counter the homophobic ethos of British football, are unhappy at Stonewall’s choice of language.
Gay, lesbian and transgender people face shocking levels of violence, discrimination and abuse across Europe, with gaps in EU and national legislation robbing them of justice and creating a climate of fear, a new report by Amnesty International says.
A video depicting a man being raped with a bottle has surfaced on social media, in what appears to be the latest assault on Russia’s… Read More »Uzbek Man 'Raped with Bottle' on Latest Russian Vigilante Video
‘I’m no Hitler’ says feminist receiving rape threats for being ‘transphobic’ ahead of porn debate in Manchester
Homophobia’s still going strong in 21st-century comedy – large swaths of standup comedy remain vigorously anti-gay. The most recent evidence of this was the 26 “you’re gay!” jabs directed at James Franco during his Comedy Central Roast last week.
Kiss-in rallies across the globe to protest Russian anti-gay law. Over the weekend, kiss-in protests took place around the globe in dozens of cities to rally against a Russian anti-gay law introduced in June.
Russian LGBT journalist vows to out closeted anti-gay lawmakers – “This is a warning. They want to destroy our lives, and we will destroy them,” said Elena Kostyuchenko
One in five Brits think being gay is ‘always wrong’ – While social attitudes have improved in the last 30 years, current opinions of same-sex relationships show there is a lot of work to do
Stranger in my homeland – Realizing I was Gay in Russia felt like a terminal disease diagnosis
by Wes Hurley – Special to the Seattle Gay News. An article showing that homophobia, and persecution as a mid-set, are nothing new in Russia.
