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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
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Russian Lawmaker Terms Upcoming Disney Film 'Beauty And The Beast' As Gay Propaganda
An ultra-conservative Russian lawmaker on Saturday urged the culture ministry to check Disney's upcoming film "Beauty and the Beast" for possible breaches of a law banning "gay propaganda".
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Russian MP Urges Facebook Blockage Over Rainbow Flag
A Russian lawmaker, who has strongly backed anti-gay legislation, said Facebook should be shut down in Russia over its support for the US Supreme Court's decision to legalise same-sex marriage.
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Violence, Hostility Slow Europe's Progress on LGBTI Equality: Rights Group
Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia are the worst countries in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights, but violence against LGBTI people remains rife across the continent, a rights group said late on Sunday.
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India Votes With Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to Block Gay Rights at UN
India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.
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China gay activists' message for Vladimir Putin on Valentine's Day
A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing on Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.
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Life goes on for gays in Olympic Sochi
The mascara-lined eyes of a petite man dressed in a tuxedo greet visitors after they buzz at the armor-plated door of a one-storey building.
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No talk of gay rights, please, we're Olympians
Plenty of athletes made clear before traveling to Sochi how unhappy they were about gay rights being curtailed in Russia, particularly with its law banning gay "propaganda."
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Sochi Winter Olympics open amid security scares, arrests
Russia's Winter Olympics got underway on Friday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.
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Latest Google Doodle on Sochi Olympics upholds gay rights
Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag on Thursday in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.
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Sochi Winter Games begin, Vladimir Putin keen to prove doubters wrong
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and ballooning costs overshadowed preparations.
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Russian President Vladmir Putin links gays to paedophiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
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Martina Navratilova hits out at International Olympic Committee over gay rights
The openly gay former tennis star slammed the International Olympic Committee's inaction ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February in Russia, a country which has courted criticism for legislation that gay activists and critics say discriminates against homosexuals.
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Russia Bans LGBT Movement, Terms It "Extremist"
Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.
-
How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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Russia Moves To Tighten Anti-Gay Law In Conservative Push
Russian lawmakers Monday called for the toughening of a strict anti-gay law and the Kremlin ordered expensive patriotic education projects as Moscow presses with a conservative drive at home while its troops fight in Ukraine.
-
Russian Lawmaker Terms Upcoming Disney Film 'Beauty And The Beast' As Gay Propaganda
An ultra-conservative Russian lawmaker on Saturday urged the culture ministry to check Disney's upcoming film "Beauty and the Beast" for possible breaches of a law banning "gay propaganda".
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Russian MP Urges Facebook Blockage Over Rainbow Flag
A Russian lawmaker, who has strongly backed anti-gay legislation, said Facebook should be shut down in Russia over its support for the US Supreme Court's decision to legalise same-sex marriage.
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Violence, Hostility Slow Europe's Progress on LGBTI Equality: Rights Group
Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia are the worst countries in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights, but violence against LGBTI people remains rife across the continent, a rights group said late on Sunday.
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India Votes With Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to Block Gay Rights at UN
India was among 43 countries that voted on Tuesday against benefits for same sex couples working for the UN by backing a Russian-drafted resolution. The foreign ministry today justified India's stand saying countries were "not consulted" on the plan.
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China gay activists' message for Vladimir Putin on Valentine's Day
A group of gay and lesbian activists staged a Valentine's Day kissing protest in Beijing on Friday aimed at highlighting Russia's controversial anti-homosexuality laws.
-
Life goes on for gays in Olympic Sochi
The mascara-lined eyes of a petite man dressed in a tuxedo greet visitors after they buzz at the armor-plated door of a one-storey building.
-
No talk of gay rights, please, we're Olympians
Plenty of athletes made clear before traveling to Sochi how unhappy they were about gay rights being curtailed in Russia, particularly with its law banning gay "propaganda."
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Sochi Winter Olympics open amid security scares, arrests
Russia's Winter Olympics got underway on Friday with a grandiose opening ceremony watched by President Vladimir Putin, who will be keen to calm fears of militant attacks and move on from a row over gay rights that has marred the buildup to the Games.
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Latest Google Doodle on Sochi Olympics upholds gay rights
Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag on Thursday in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.
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Sochi Winter Games begin, Vladimir Putin keen to prove doubters wrong
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and ballooning costs overshadowed preparations.
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Russian President Vladmir Putin links gays to paedophiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered new assurances to gay athletes and fans attending the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics next month.
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Martina Navratilova hits out at International Olympic Committee over gay rights
The openly gay former tennis star slammed the International Olympic Committee's inaction ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February in Russia, a country which has courted criticism for legislation that gay activists and critics say discriminates against homosexuals.
