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Crimea bans Pride as Russia anti-gay law is imposedThis is the first time LGBTI people in the peninsula have been forced to live under Russian homophobic rules since the beginning of the Crimea crisis
14 April 2014 | By Joe Morgan
Crimea has banned a planned Pride march on the basis of Russias gay propaganda law.
Sevastopol authorities banned today (14 April) the parade scheduled for 22-23 April.
This is the first time LGBTI people in the peninsula have been forced to live under Russian homophobic rules since the beginning of the Crimea crisis.
LGBTI people were largely split on the referendum that saw 97% vote in favor of seceding from Ukraine and join Russia. - See more at: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/crimea-bans-pride-russia-anti-gay-law-imposed140414#sthash.ya8K9bKx.dpuf
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)agbdf
(200 posts)Yet there are even worse places for gays and lesbians. Some African countries have all but declared open season and in Iran, gay men are still strung up at the end of a rope.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)So why are other countries only now panicking about it?
qazplm
(3,626 posts)and it isn't a fad. Everything in the West eventually spreads to other places sooner or later.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)It's irrelevant to the topic of NEW injustice in Crimea at the hands of the Putin Mafia Regime.
I oppose the imposition of anti-gay laws in Nigeria, Uganda and other African countries. I am appalled by the way homosexuals are treated in islamic countries....
I'm also appalled by the way they are treated in Russia.
SO this "yet there are even worse places" apologetics bullshit can be hidden somewhere dark and moist.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)and saying "Things are worse elsewhere!" doesn't cut it. Prejudice needs to be fought everywhere, including right here in our supposedly great nation.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)And I fear that as the anti-gay crusades spread across the globe, it will only embolden the hatemongers here at home.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)their desperation and anger.
Behind the Aegis
(53,975 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)get themselves in a knot trying to rationalize how great Russia is and how lucky the Ukranian people are now that Russia is going to invade them.