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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 09:09 PM Dec 2013

Vladimir Putin's new biography

Russian President Vladimir Putin Is 'Latently Gay,' Alleges Controversial New Biography
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/putin-gay-biography_n_4385360.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books

PUTIN IS 'LATENTLY GAY', NEW BIOGRAPHY SUGGESTS
http://www.towleroad.com/2013/12/putin-is-latently-gay-new-biography-suggests.html

Sex is alien to Putin, claims author
http://www.iol.co.za/news/back-page/sex-is-alien-to-putin-claims-author-1.1616468

Moscow invented rumours of Vladimir Putin affair with Olympic gymnast because he 'is gay' claims controversial new biography
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2517383/Russias-Vladimir-Putin-gay-claims-controversial-new-biography.html

Vladimir Putin Gay: New Biography Claims Russian President Is ‘Latently’ Homosexual
http://www.inquisitr.com/1050505/vladimir-putin-gay-new-biography-claims-russian-president-is-latently-homosexual/

'Vladimir Putin je gay i ne voli seks'
http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/svijet/vladimir-putin-je-gay-i-ne-voli-seks---313813.html

«Putin? Un orfano con tendenze gay»
http://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/1247473/putin-lorfano-con-tendenze-gay/

Russian Scandal Book: Author Claims Putin's Pets His Best Friends
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/new-book-on-vladimir-putin-claims-russian-president-flees-from-people-a-936801.html

The author Stanislav Alexandrovich Belkovsky (Russian: Станислав Александрович Белковский (born 7 February 1971, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian political analyst and communication specialist. A political conservative, he is the cousin of exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. He is a founder and director of the National Strategy Institute and of the communication company Politech.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Belkovsky

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Vladimir Putin's new biography (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP
Why do people just assume that homophobes are gay? DemocraticWing Dec 2013 #1
It's also the evil guy = gay... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #2
Well said, and welcome. Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #3
Oh yes. The old "latent queer" thing. Old Union Guy Dec 2013 #4

DemocraticWing

(1,290 posts)
1. Why do people just assume that homophobes are gay?
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 02:27 AM
Dec 2013

It's like people want to excuse the fact that straight people traditionally don't like us very much, so they claim every homophobe actually has to be a closeted gay person. I know there are some cases of this happening (Haggard, Rikers, etc.) but it's tiring that our community gets blamed for even the hate we receive.

Behind the Aegis

(53,957 posts)
3. Well said, and welcome.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 03:24 AM
Dec 2013

IMO, it is a way to deflect from their own hatred and, in a perverted way, blame us. It is classic "blame the victim" mentality.

 

Old Union Guy

(738 posts)
4. Oh yes. The old "latent queer" thing.
Thu Dec 5, 2013, 10:01 PM
Dec 2013

Many of you will not be old enough to remember way back in the Freudian era.

Even at that, it only works when "homophobia" is a real clinical phobia, and not a political move.

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