Runner dedicates silver medal to gay and lesbian friends at home during world athletics championships
Alec Luhn
14 August 2013
US runner Nick Symmonds became the first international athlete to denounce Russia's law against "gay propaganda" on the country's soil after winning a medal at the world athletics championships in Moscow.
Symmonds dedicated his silver medal in the 800m on Tuesday to his gay and lesbian friends at home and called for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, news agencies reported.
"As much as I can speak out about it, I believe that all humans deserve equality however God made them," Symmonds told the Russian news agency R-Sport after the race at Luzhniki stadium.
"Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve the same rights. If there's anything I can do to champion the cause and further it I will, shy of getting arrested.
"I respect Russians' ability to govern their people. I disagree with their laws."
Read more here: The Guardian
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