Russia - LGBT Issues

Around 30 international gay rights activists held a brief protest on a central Moscow street, flouting the city authorities' ban on a gay pride event, an AFP journalist witnessed.The activists, led by Russian Nikolai Alexeyev and also including British campaigner Peter Tatchell ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gay and lesbian activists eluded Russian security services in a five-hour game of cat and mouse on Saturday to hold the first gay protest in Moscow not to be broken up by riot police.After luring hundreds of riot police ...

2 short gay pride parades take place in Moscow amid strict policing, no arrests reportedTwo Gay Pride parades were held without arrests in Moscow on Saturday, the first time the notoriously intolerant Russian authorities have not intervened since the inaugural attempt to ...

Gay rights activists vowed on Thursday to go ahead with a gay pride demonstration in Moscow this weekend, despite a ban by the city authorities."No illegal decisions by the authorities or court decisions will stop us from holding our demonstration," organiser Nikolai ...

Moscow city hall has banned a gay pride march planned for later this month, citing security reasons, organiser Nikolai Alexeyev said Thursday."They called me and said they banned it. We don't yet have the paper," Alexeyev told AFP, saying that he would ...

Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov vowed on Monday to 'crack down' on gay parades Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov vowed on Monday to crack down on gay parades, UKGayNews.org.uk reported. For several years, Moscow has experienced unprecedented pressure to conduct a gay pride parade, ...

Resplendent in pink satin and ostrich feathers, a drag queen runs through a tumbledown Russian village, miming to Gloria Gaynor's " I Will Survive".Just one of the startling scenes from "Jolly Fellows" (Veselchaki) -- the first mainstream Russian film about drag queens ...

Russian gay activists say they are disappointed with Secretary Clinton for not raising the issue of anti-gay sentiment in Russia Russian gay activists said Wednesday they were disappointed with U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for not raising the issue of anti-gay ...

Russian gays express disappointment in Clinton not decrying homophobia in RussiaRussia's leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with an outspoken foe of gay rights during her two-day trip to Russia and ...

Hillary Clinton cut the ribbon to unveil a statue of American poet and gay icon Walt Whitman in Moscow on Wednesday, in a ceremony accompanied by the Russian capital's homophobic mayor, Yury Luzhkov.Luzhkov has called gay people " satanic" and has banned ...

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Topic: Russia

Gay activists outwit Moscow police with brief demo

Russian gays elude police for first calm protest

Strict policing, no arrests at Moscow gay parades

Activists to defy Moscow gay pride demo ban

Moscow mayor bans gay pride march: organiser

Moscow Mayor Vows To 'Crack Down' On Gay Parades

Drag queen movie challenges Russian attitudes

Russian Gay Activists Disappointed With Clinton

Russian gays express disappointment in Clinton

Clinton, Moscow mayor unveil Whitman statue

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