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Russia Plans to Block Same-Sex Partnership Benefits to UN Employees
Image via www.ohchr.org Last year, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, issued a ruling that would have offered marital benefits for the first time in the organization’s history to gay...
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Lady Gaga Opens the European Games with John Lennon’s “Imagine”
Screen cap via YouTube The crowd went wild when Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at the opening of the European Games in Baku. Watch this inspiring video of her singing John Lennon’s “Imagine.”...
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Watch People’s Reactions to Men Holding Hands in Russia
Screen Cap via YouTube Because of legalized institutional discrimination against gays and lesbians in Russia, attitudes toward the LGBT community has grown increasingly more hostile. Posted on a...
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Gay-Friendly Apple Emojis May Get Deleted in Russia
Screen Cap via iPhone While most of the world has embraced Apple’s introduction of those cute LGBT-friendly emojis, the higher ups in Russia see them as breaking their anti-gay propaganda law and want...
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US Embassy in Russia to Defy Country’s Anti-Gay Laws by Screening Gay Drama...
Image via BFI Going against Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws, the US embassy in Moscow will screen the gay-themed drama I Am Michael. The film has been added to the Amfest film festival, September...
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Moscow Cancels Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Image via QueerRussia Moscow’s cultural committee has taken away funding from Moscow Premiere—an LGBT film festival that was set to take place September 4-7. The reasoning from the committee: Russia’s...
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Putin Really Does Call Elton John!
Image via Instagram Earlier this week, media outlets everywhere believed that Putin had called Sir Elton John to discuss LGBT rights in Russia. Rather, a group of Russian pranksters called John...
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Is Russia Really Going to Sue Apple over their Gay Emojis?
Screen Cap via iPhone Lawmakers in Russia who downloaded Apple’s last iOS upgrade are not to happy with Apple’s socially liberal stance on the LGBT community. To lawmakers’ horrors, the new set of...
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Russian Neo-Nazis Jailed for Torturing Gay Teenagers
Photo via Truth Wins Out Russia is no bastion of equality for its LGBT citizens, but in an astonishing turn of events, justice has finally been served for some who were affected by the rampant...
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Ukraine Chooses Discrimination Over Visa-Free Travel, As Parliament Votes...
Image via kojoku. Problems Persist for Gay-Rights Activists in Eastern Europe and Russia. Here a Woman is Arrested. The Ukraine Parliament voted yesterday that gays and lesbians can still be legally...
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