Chris Kluwe, the highly respected former punter for the Minnesota Vikings and outspoken supporter of LGBT rights, has penned a scathing editorial for Britain’s The Guardian. In the widely read piece, Kluwe goes to great lengths to underscore how the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to dethrone any athlete who speaks out against Russia’s anti-gay…
WASHINGTON – Today, AT&T became the first major U.S. corporation to make a public statement condemning the anti-LGBT Russian law outlawing “homosexual propaganda.” Since the passage of the law last June, the Russian LGBT community has been targeted with violence, harassment, bomb threats, and limitations on its freedom of speech and assembly. HRC called on…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin has sent a letter to the heads of the top sponsors of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) expressing concern over the anti-LGBT Russian law criminalizing “homosexual propaganda.” In addition to raising awareness about the law that has led to multiple human rights abuses, particularly hate-based violence…
The International Association of LGBTI Pride Organizers (InterPride), the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) and The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) today issued a joint statement condemning Russia’s recent anti-gay legislation. The statement follows: On behalf of InterPride (International Association of Pride Organizers), GLISA (Gay and Lesbian International Sport…
WASHINGTON – Claims made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that international LGBT visitors to Russia would be safe during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi appear to be coming apart at the seams today as Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko declared that all LGBT athletes within Russian borders will be very much at risk…
