Deputy General Director of the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, Dmitri Kisilev recently dehumanized gays on a popular, government-run television program broadcast by the state-owned network Rossiya 1. His translated comments s…
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Archives for August 11, 2013
Posts from August 11, 2013
Crosswalk at Russian Embassy in Sweden Painted Rainbow Colors in Protest of Anti-Gay Laws: PHOTO
Here's what the crosswalk outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden looks like today, via Street Art Utopia. The Local reports: Gay rights supporters have painted the zebra crossing outside the Russian embassy in Stockholm in the colours o…
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Sumatran Orangutan Captured on Camera Giving Birth at UK Sanctuary: VIDEO
Last month, UK conservationists captured something on camera they'd never seen before: Dana, an endangered Sumatran orangutan, giving birth. Backstory on the birth here. According to conservationists at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust,…
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Anchorage Pastor Kicks Out Boy Scout Troop: ‘No Homosexual Will Enter the Kingdom of God’
The Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska has kicked out Boy Scout Troop 1316 and Cub Scout Pack 316 over the organization's decision to allow gay youth, the Anchorage Daily News reports: The church's decision came now, months later,…
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The New Men of ‘Downton Abbey’: Gary Carr, Tom Cullen, and Julian Ovenden — PHOTOS
New images have been released of three men set to make their debut in the upcoming series 4 of Downton Abbey, the UK's Mirror reports. Gary Carr is set to play the show's first recurring black character, an American jazz singer named Jack Ros…
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Gospel Singer Donnie McClurkin Withdraws from MLK Concert After Objections from Gay Activists
Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, a notorious homophobe who performed at the Republican National Convention in 2004, has vowed to battle "the curse of homosexuality," and believes that gays can be turned straight with religious intervention,…
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American Kennel Club Wants 2016 World Dog Show Moved from Russia Over Anti-Gay Laws
The American Kennel Club has called on the FCI to move the World Dog Show from Russia where it is scheduled to take place in 2016, because of Russia's human rights abuses against gay people. Here's the letter, via DogChannel.com: Dear Rafael,…
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Australian PM Kevin Rudd Promises Marriage Equality in 100 Days if Elected: VIDEO
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised to legalize same-sex marriage within the first 100 days in office if he beat Conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott in the September 7 election. The Guardian reports: Rudd said he supported legalising…
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