Russia will vote on jail time for LGBT affection in public
Human Rights Watch researcher Tanya Cooper writes: Dispatches: Jail Time for Being Gay in Russia Russia is again…
LGBT Russians are a focus of new crisis-reporting project
Violations of the human rights of LGBT people in Russia and other former Soviet nations will be the…
Olympic Committee won't object to Russian LGBT arrests
BuzzFeed reports: “The International Olympic Committee has said Russia was acting in accordance with its laws when police…
LGBT rights protesters in Moscow: They beat, abused us
LGBT rights protesters who were arrested today in Moscow say they were beaten and threatened with sexual abuse…
Russian police spy on LGBT activists, arrest 14
Russian police, who seemingly have a bug or an informant reporting on LGBT activists’ plans, arrested a total…
Global conflict: Gay rights, repression (1. Russia; 2. More)
As pro-LGBT-rights protests and anti-LGBT initiatives continue in dozens of countries, here’s a sampling of the news and…
St. Petersburg joins world protests for LGBT rights
As international protests continue against Russia’s anti-gay crackdown, Russia’s Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality gathered in St. Petersburg,…
London protest would link Sochi, world's anti-gay laws
Best wishes to artist/activist Vince Laws, who hopes to stage another face-paint protest of 76-plus countries’ anti-gay laws…
Obamas will skip Sochi, send LGBT athletes instead
U.S. President Obama sent a message today to Russian Vladimir Putin. In an implicit response to Russia’s crackdown…
First conviction under Russia's 'gay propaganda' law
Two LGBT activists were convicted and fined on Dec. 3 in a Russian lower court on charges of…