Topic: Moscow
The article presents an interview with Peter Tatchell, an Australian-born, Britain-based campaigner best known for his stance in favor of gay rights. Discussed are the methods Tatchell uses to achieve social and cultural change. He is still suffering from head injuries sustained ...
A Russian court on Friday dismissed a long-shot libel suit filed by gay activists against Moscow's veteran mayor in a ruling that they described as a blow to human dignity in Russia.The suit had been filed after Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, speaking ...
Debate about gay marriage sparks angry exchange inside Moscow court, big smooch outsideThe debate over whether to allow a lesbian couple to marry in Russia sparked an angry exchange inside a Moscow courtroom Wednesday, while outside the women locked lips to protest ...
Russian media is reporting that two men were arrested during a raid on a Moscow gay bar Friday Russian media is reporting that two men were arrested during a raid on a Moscow gay bar Friday. An assortment of police, drug agents, ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gay rights activists in Moscow plan to ignore a ban and rally in favor of same-sex marriages when U.S. President Barack Obama visits next week, one of their leaders said Monday.In a statement, Nikolai Alexeyev said the Moscow authorities ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gay rights activists in Moscow plan to take the city's rampantly homophobic mayor to court for insulting their dignity during an interview in which he said " queers" undermined a morally healthy society.A Moscow court rejected a previous case ...
Gays and lesbians raised a global rallying cry Sunday to end discrimination in a world where some countries punish homosexual acts with death, as they marked an international day against homophobia.The European Union spoke out in defence of fundamental freedoms based on ...
Gays and lesbians raised a global rallying cry Sunday to end discrimination in a world where some countries punish homosexual acts with death, as they marked an international day against homophobia.The European Union spoke out in defence of fundamental freedoms based on ...
Moscow's plans for Eurovision song contest marred by police attacks on gay protestersFinalists from 25 countries performed an array of songs on a Moscow stage Saturday night and held their breath as Europeans voted by telephone to decide the winner of the ...
Norway's Alexander Rybak swept this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with a brash performance of a folk-inspired ballad that he penned himself.The boyish 23-year-old, a classically trained musician born in Belarus, got a rapturous reception from television audiences who gave him ...