British metal band Judas Priest told not to make gay references during...
Legendary British metal band Judas Priest, and its out frontman have spoken out about being told not to make any references to gay rights during a gig in St Petersburg. The band played in St Petersburg...
View ArticleTom Daley: ‘I have no concerns about going to Russia’ despite anti-gay laws
Tom Daley has said he will not be protesting Russia’s anti-gay ‘propaganda’ laws during the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan next year. IBT reports the Olympic Diver spoke at The Leaders Sports...
View ArticleRussian teen ‘afraid to go home’ after US exchange scheme axed over gays
A Russian teenager who came to the US on an exchange is afraid to return to his country, due to its anti-gay laws. The Russian government announced earlier this month that it had pulled the plug on the...
View ArticleWATCH: Trailer unveiled for gay rights documentary secretly filmed at Russia...
The first trailer has been released for a gay rights documentary secretly filmed at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. Epix documentary ‘To Russia With Love’ – which was kept secret until July – was...
View ArticleWatch: Russian authorities detain 8 gay activists at rally
Eight gay rights activists were detained for ‘disobedience’ on Sunday after handing out pro-LGBT flyers for National Coming Out Day. According to The Out Most, plainclothes police officers in Moscow...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Anti-gay ‘propaganda’ bill passes first reading despite US...
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has voted to pass a bill on first reading which aims to outlaw gay “propaganda.” In June, the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan’s Human Rights Committee approved the bill banning the...
View ArticleRussian lawmaker demands postal service to refuse Finnish Tom of Finland stamps
A homophobic Russian politician has declared the range of stamps produced to commemorate the influential gay artist Tom of Finland as gay “propaganda.” Vitaly Milonov, who was the politician behind St...
View ArticleCher tweets her solidarity for ‘brave warriors’ in Russia’s gay community
US singer Cher, who refused to perform at Russia’s 2014 Winter Olympics this year, has tweeted her solidarity for marginalised LGBT youth in Russia, calling them “brave warriors.” Posting on Twitter,...
View ArticleRussia: Gay activists lodge complaint with ECHR against rejected rally...
Gay rights rights activists in Russia have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights after they were prohibited from holding an equal marriage rally in central Moscow. The activists,...
View ArticleRussia: Dozens of anti-gay nationalists swarm gathering of three gay rights...
Two young women and a man campaigning for gay rights in Russia were met with about 100 nationalist protesters on Sunday, who threw tomatoes and shouted anti-gay abuse. According to The Moscow Times,...
View ArticleRussian actor who called for gays to be put in ovens banned from entering Latvia
A Russian sitcom actor, who had previously proposed burning all gay people alive in an oven, has been banned from entering Latvia to give a one-man show about religion. The St Petersburg Times reports...
View ArticleUkraine: Oldest cinema in Kyiv goes up in flames during gay film screening
Kyiv’s oldest cinema went up in flames this week during the screening of a gay film after a smoke grenade was thrown into the audience. A fire broke out in the Zhoten cinema at 21:41 on Wednesday and...
View ArticleRussia: Steve Jobs memorial torn down after Apple CEO Tim Cook came out as gay
A giant interactive iPhone memorial to Steve Jobs was reportedly torn down in St Petersburg after Apple’s current CEO came out as gay last week. Business Insider reports ZEFS – the company that...
View ArticleRussian actor who called for gays to be put in ovens blacklisted from Estonia
Estonia has become the third country to ban the Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin after he made anti-gay comments, following Latvia and Ukraine. The Moscow Times reports Okhlobystin’s ban has derailed his...
View ArticleRussia: Same-sex couple allowed to marry in St Petersburg
There is outcry in Russia after a lesbian couple were allowed to marry. On Friday, Irina Shumilova and Alyona Fursova married in a St Petersburg registry office, both turning up in wedding dresses and...
View ArticleSir Elton John attacks Russia’s anti-gay laws during St Petersburg concert
Sir Elton John laid into Russia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law during a concert in St Petersburg. According to PA, the veteran singer launched into a tirade condemning the Russian government, and praising...
View ArticleRussia: Anti-gay lawmaker preparing bill to close same-sex marriage ‘loophole’
The author of St Petersburg’s anti-gay censorship law is preparing a bill to force brides and grooms to wear traditional wedding attire, after a lesbian couple were allowed to marry last week. Last...
View ArticleUS rapper Mykki Blanco posts ‘love letter’ to Russia’s LGBT community...
US rapper Mykki Blanco has penned a letter in solidarity with Russia’s underground LGBT community after he was forced to change venue due to a police raid. On Friday, Moscow police shut down the...
View ArticleParents of murdered gay man Matthew Shepard to speak in Russia
The parents of murdered gay man Matthew Shepard have travelled to Russia to speak to the local gay community. Judy and Dennis Shepard are heading to the country – which criminalises the ‘promotion’ of...
View ArticleRussian Senator: Lawmaker behind anti-gay law should face criminal charges
A Russian Senator has called for one of the country’s most notoriously homophobic politicians to face criminal charges for his extremism. Vitaly Milonov, the politician who instigated the country’s so...
View ArticleHuge rise in number of gay Russians seeking asylum in the US
The number of gay Russians seeking asylum in the United States has nearly tripled in just two years. According to figures released by the Immigration Equality, 161 gay Russians have claimed asylum in...
View ArticleVladimir Putin: Russia doesn’t have a problem with gays
Vladimir Putin is claiming that the West has invented Russia’s record of homophobia. The Russian President made the claims in a meeting with rights leaders, according to Russian state-controlled news...
View ArticleRussia: Pride organisers awarded £36 ‘compensation’ over event ban
Organisers of a Pride parade in Russia have been granted a paltry amount of compensation after their event was banned from going ahead. A court in Kostroma this week ruled that activist Nikolai...
View ArticleOlympic Charter adds protection for LGB athletes after Sochi Olympics
The Olympic Charter has been amended to explicitly safeguard lesbian, gay and bisexual athletes, after concerns about homophobia at this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. The International Olympic...
View ArticleGay skier: Olympic committee ‘didn’t stand up for human rights’ at Sochi...
Openly gay skier Anja Paerson has claimed the International Olympic Committee failed to stand up for human rights when it allowed the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Russia. The IOC has been trying...
View ArticleConchita Wurst: I want to meet with Vladimir Putin
Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has called for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Austrian drag diva took home the crown this year, to the dismay of some conservative countries. One...
View ArticleRussia: Pussy Riot members among 18 people arrested after protest
Eighteen protesters, including members of Pussy Riot, have been detained in Moscow. Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina said on Twitter that she and other protesters were detained by police early on...
View ArticleRussia bans transgender people from driving
Russia has enacted new rules banning transgender people from obtaining driver’s licenses. New regulations enacted by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ban people with ‘sex disorders’ from driving, as the...
View ArticleEuropean human rights commissioner attacks Russian law banning transgender...
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has attacked a new Russian law which bans transgender people from obtaining driver’s licenses. This week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
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Liz MacKean, the journalist behind groundbreaking gay Russian documentary...
Leading journalist Liz MacKean, who was behind a groundbreaking documentary revealing anti-gay groups in Russia, has died. MacKean, who started her career at the BBC before going to Channel 4, died...
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