Conservative lawmakers in Russia are considering making the nationwide ban on gay propaganda even more punitive by adding additional fines and jail time to the law for those who dare to come out in public. The Advocate reports that the new bill is being drafted as an amendment to Russia’s infamous ban on “propaganda of…
U2’s latest album, Songs of Innocence, has come under fire, yet again, only this time it’s neither from their fans nor their critics. A Russian Duma deputy has accused one of the world’s biggest rock bands of distributing “gay propaganda,” a consequence of their 2014 album cover which shows the band’s drummer, Larry Mullen Jr,…
From Media Matters For America comes their latest post responding to Pat Buchanan urging President Obama to visit Russia, in part, to atone for those who have been “stiffing” President Vladimir Putin due to his oppression of gay people. Echoing his earlier praise for the Russian president, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan urged President Barack Obama…
In what may be the first case of its kind, Russia’s media oversight agency has plans to file a lawsuit against a youth-oriented newspaper after it published a story featuring a gay man. “In September, a youth-oriented newspaper in Khabarovsk interviewed a teacher who had been fired over his sexual orientation. Quotes in the article…
