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Entertainment world leads outcry against Russia

From Hollywood to Broadway, the entertainment industry is using its star power and financial muscle to raise a storm of…

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Obama, Fry raise gay rights as key Sochi issue

With the Sochi Olympics just six months away, U.S. President Barack Obama, Stephen Fry and international gay rights group All…

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Topless activists enter Russian embassy in Sweden

Two topless activists climbed over a fence into the Russian embassy in Stockholm on Thursday to protest against the country's…

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Russia will enforce anti-gay law during Olympics

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says a new law cracking down on gay rights activism will be enforced during the…

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Russian anti-gay laws impact Olympics, vodka sales

Russian vodka and the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For now, those are the prime targets as gays in the United…

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Russia’s Putin signs anti-gay measures into law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information…

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Russian parliament passes anti-gay bill

The lower house of Russia's parliament has overwhelmingly passed a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and bans the distribution…

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8 gay activists arrested in St. Petersburg

Russian police have broken up attempts to hold two gay rights rallies in St. Petersburg, which this spring adopted a…

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Amnesty Criticizes Anti-Gay Bill in Russian City

Amnesty International has criticized a bill in Russia's second-largest city as homophobic and strongly urged authorities not to enact it.

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Activist Slams Russian Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Russia's top gay rights activist on Thursday condemned a bill passed in the country's second largest city that prohibits "propaganda…

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