Sochi Olympics
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International Olympic Committee Announces Future Host Cities Must Agree To LGBT Discrimination Protections
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Rio De Janeiro, where robust LGBT protections already exist but…
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HRC Spins Like A Whirling Dervish, Makes Mountain Out Of Their Sochi Olympics Molehill
“Even before the Olympics began, HRC has been holding corporate America’s feet to the fire on their support for Putin’s…
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HRC Says Fuck You To REAL LGBT Activists, Serves Coke At It’s Sochi Opening Ceremony Party In DC
The below picture and tweet was sent out by Washington Blade staff writer who attended the Human Rights Campaign’s Sochi Winter…
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International Olympic Committee Backs Russia On Arrest and Beatings Of LGBT Protesters
Reports have upped the number of LGBT protesters arrested in Russia yesterday at well past 60 with many reporting being…
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Man Attempts to Hijack Turkish Plane And Divert To Sochi Right Before Opening Ceremony
A Ukrainian man tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were kicking off Friday,…
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15 LGBT Activists Arrested In Moscow and St. Petersburg During Sochi Opening Ceremonies
Russian media reports that 10 more LGBT activists have been arrested in Moscow: Elena Kostyuchenko, Anna Annenkov, Lynn Reid, Knicks Nemeni,…
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Chris Kluwe To Sochi Olympic Athletes: If You Say Nothing In Russia The World Will Remember
Phenomenal LGBT Straight ally Chris Kluwe is calling on Olympic athletes to speak up on the human rights abuses administered by the Russian government against…
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Human Rights Watch Releases Disturbing Video Of LGBT Russians Beaten By Anti-Gay Vigilantes
Human Rights Watch has released a disturbing video detailing many of the violent criminal exploits of Russian citizens and anti-gay…
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Coca Cola (Coke) Defends The Arrest Of Gay Russian Man Holding a Rainbow Flag In Protest
Late last week we reported on young Russian LGBT activist Pavel Lebedev was detained and arrested for holding a rainbow flag during…
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Putin Defends Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws In ABC Interview, ABC Leaves Out Outrageous Remarks
During a rather soft interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday’s This Week, ABC News host George Stephanopoulos asked Putin…
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