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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

By Emily Udell

Rainbow banners. Colorful costumes. Thumping music. Waving politicians. These are some modern-day trappings of a typical gay pride parade in any major U.S. city. But it’s a far cry from the scene of this year’s pride march in Moscow, where participants were ridiculed, beaten and arrested for daring to demonstrate publicly in a country where homosexuality was a crime until 1993.… return to article

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    Rights of all descriptions are under the gun in Russia these days, and here’s another example.

    The Russian government will show how modern and “21st century” they’ve become when they prosecute the first gay rights activists under, what else? Anti-terrorism law, of course.

    Philippines Posted by Kuya on Dec 3, 2007 at 6:55 AM
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