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Dutch Brass Band To Play ‘Y.M.C.A.’ at Sochi Olympics In Protest – Hey, Hey Hey, Hey, Hey!
Share this: The popular Dutch band, Kleintje Pils, says that it will include the popular 1970′s gay disco anthem, “Y.M.C.A.” as part of its musical repertoire this year at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in protest of Russia’s inhuman anti-gay...
Queer Nation Protests and Disrupts NYC Appearance Of Brian Boitano – Boitano Ignores Them
Share this: Members of Queer Nation confronted three-time Olympian Brian Boitano last night, demanding he speak out against Russia’s recently enacted anti-LGBT laws when he represents the U.S. at the Olympics next month. Boitano, who is one of three...
Queer Nation & GetEqual Disrupt IOC Olympic Event In Boston – Picabo Street Shows Insensitivity
Share this: Queer Nation and GetEqual Massachusetts disrupted the opening event of the US Olympic Committee’s Road to Sochi tour stop in Boston, demanding answers about the safety of LGBT Olympians, American spectators and also LGBT Russians. Activist...
Protesters Take To The Streets Of India To Protest Re-Criminalization Of Gay Sex – Video
Share this: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Mumbai, New Delhi and other major cities in India to protest the high court’s decision Wednesday to uphold a colonial era law that criminalizes same-sex relations. Al Jazeera reports: It’s...
Jury Fines KY Gay Couple One Cent For Trespassing In County Clerks Office During Marriage Protest
Share this:Judge Fines KY Gay Couple One Cent For Trespassing In County Clerks Office During Marriage Protest A Louisville, Kentucky gay couple who were found guilt of trespassing of refusing to leave the county clerk’s office after being...
Queer Nation Disrupts Carnegie Hall Performance of Valery Gergiev Over Russia’s Anti-LGBT Laws
Share this: Last night members of the LGBT rights group Queer Nation disrupted the performance of the Mariinsky Orchestra, led by world-renowned conductor Valery Gergiev, demanding that Gergiev oppose the Russian government’s attacks on LGBT Russians...
Moscow Citizens Stand Up To Police Over Protesters Arrest Until They Find Out He’s Gay – Video
Share this: Four days ago in Moscow gay rights protester carrying a banner which read: “Hitler also began with the gays. No to fascism in Russia.” were arrested for publicly protesting against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s draconian anti-gay...
Today in Gay History September 19, 1964: The TRUE First Gay Protest Happened In NYC
Share this: Many people believe that the first protest against gay discrimination happened in Washington, D.C. and was led by the late, great gay activist Frank Kameny on April 17, 1965. But they’re wrong. The first true gay protest against the...
Russia’s Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality Holds Protests In St. Petersburg – Video
Share this: Russia’s Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality held a series of brave protests in solidarity with other groups around the world this past week against Russia’s extreme discrimination against its LGBT citizens The Straight Alliance...
