"The Official Sponsors of Russian Homophobia"
We should boycott the Sochi games and demand that the brands that claim they support us prove it by doing the same...
I'm sure the Russians would have us believe that this is nothing more than a friendly discourse of opposing beliefs and proof of their society's truly democratic foundations.
From The Advocate
A lone gay activist was attacked by a group of former Russian paratroopers in St. Petersburg today, as revealed by a YouTube video and images released on Getty.
The video shows the ex-servicemen surrounding, seizing, and shoving Kirill Kalugin in Palace Square, as he stood alone carrying a rainbow flag, in a one-man protest against the country's recently passed ban on so-called "homosexual propaganda." The former pilots, clad in berets, fatigue pants, and blue- and white-striped shirts, had gathered in the central city square to celebrate Russian Paratroopers Day, an annual celebration of the airborne force.
"We do not agree with this and ask you to stop this sort of action and your one-man picket,” one of the paratroopers told Kalugin, according to an Animal New York translation of the exchange. He pushed Kalugin, who fell.
The paratroopers, who appear visibly intoxicated, also hurled expletives at the protester, including the word "faggot."
"Fear Eats the Soul"
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