• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Body
  • Daily Resist
  • POLITICS
  • Travel
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Film
  • TV
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Men
  • Marriage Equality
  • Space
  • Trans Rights
  • Books
  • Science
  • Gay Iconography
  • TowleREAD

Anti-Gay Russians Send Summons To Madonna’s NYC Pad

October 18, 2012 by Andrew Belonsky

6a00d8341c730253ef01676955f5b4970b-800wiConservative activists in St. Petersburg are still trying to sue Madonna for hurting their feelings when she spoke out in favor of social progress and equality during a recent concert there.

Antigay Russian activists have obtained Madonna’s home address in New York City and sent her a summons to show up at a Russian court. Nine plaintiffs are desperate to make "Madge" pay after suffering “moral damages” at her gig in St. Petersburg.

­Another summons was issued to the address of Madonna’s gym Hard Candy in central Moscow. However, gym staff insist they have not received any letter from St. Petersburg, and thus can’t inform their Big Boss.

The pro-Kremlin group Trade Union of Russian Citizens wants the Material Girl in court for blasphemy and for damaging the cultural foundations of St. Petersburg. Nine activists filed a suit against the pop star after her concert on August 9.
…
All the fuss is because of Madonna’s actions on the stage. The pop diva started her show asking fans to raise their hands with pink bracelets, which they were given on the entrance, in support of homosexual rights.

It is, however, illegal to promote homosexuality in St. Petersburg. The local law, which bans so-called “propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors,” was passed in March this year.

Union spokesperson Darya Dedova griped that Madonna "insulted believers’ feelings, she promoted homosexuality when there were children at the concert and this is forbidden in St. Petersburg. We, the residents of the cultural capital, suffered a colossal moral damage."

And apparently you can put a price on so-called moral damage: the Union is asking for $10 million.

Filed Under: Madonna, News, Russia Tagged With: Madonna, News, Russia

Recent Posts

  • Gloria Gaynor, Herd Immunity, Louie Gohmert, Dianne Feinstein, Ian McKellen, Tyson, WAP, Billy Porter: HOT LINKS

    Gloria Gaynor, Herd Immunity, Louie Gohmert, Dianne Feinstein, Ian McKellen, Tyson, WAP, Billy Porter: HOT LINKS

    24 mins ago
  • Kathy Griffin Drags Gay Son of NFL Legend Herschel Walker After Finger-Wagging Rant Claiming Trump Won Election: WATCH

    Kathy Griffin Drags Gay Son of NFL Legend Herschel Walker After Finger-Wagging Rant Claiming Trump Won Election: WATCH

    5 hours ago
  • Trump Has Told Advisers That He Will Refuse to Leave White House on Inauguration Day: REPORT

    Trump Has Told Advisers That He Will Refuse to Leave White House on Inauguration Day: REPORT

    5 hours ago
  • Ellen DeGeneres Says COVID Gave Her ‘Excruciating’ Back Pain: WATCH

    Ellen DeGeneres Says COVID Gave Her ‘Excruciating’ Back Pain: WATCH

    7 hours ago
Previous Post: « Gallup Poll Finds 3.4% Self-Identify As LGBT: POLL
Next Post: ‘Seattle Times’ Spending $80,000 To Support Marriage Equality »

Primary Sidebar

  • Gloria Gaynor, Herd Immunity, Louie Gohmert, Dianne Feinstein, Ian McKellen, Tyson, WAP, Billy Porter: HOT LINKS

  • Kathy Griffin Drags Gay Son of NFL Legend Herschel Walker After Finger-Wagging Rant Claiming Trump Won Election: WATCH

  • Trump Has Told Advisers That He Will Refuse to Leave White House on Inauguration Day: REPORT

Recent Posts

  • Gloria Gaynor, Herd Immunity, Louie Gohmert, Dianne Feinstein, Ian McKellen, Tyson, WAP, Billy Porter: HOT LINKS

    Gloria Gaynor, Herd Immunity, Louie Gohmert, Dianne Feinstein, Ian McKellen, Tyson, WAP, Billy Porter: HOT LINKS

    24 mins ago
  • Kathy Griffin Drags Gay Son of NFL Legend Herschel Walker After Finger-Wagging Rant Claiming Trump Won Election: WATCH

    Kathy Griffin Drags Gay Son of NFL Legend Herschel Walker After Finger-Wagging Rant Claiming Trump Won Election: WATCH

    5 hours ago
  • Trump Has Told Advisers That He Will Refuse to Leave White House on Inauguration Day: REPORT

    Trump Has Told Advisers That He Will Refuse to Leave White House on Inauguration Day: REPORT

    5 hours ago
  • Ellen DeGeneres Says COVID Gave Her ‘Excruciating’ Back Pain: WATCH

    Ellen DeGeneres Says COVID Gave Her ‘Excruciating’ Back Pain: WATCH

    7 hours ago
  • GOP Rep. Joe Wilson, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Test Positive for COVID

    GOP Rep. Joe Wilson, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Test Positive for COVID

    8 hours ago
  • Nicolle Wallace Smacks Down Pearl-Clutching Marco Rubio After Biden Campaign Manager Calls GOP Lawmakers ‘a Bunch of F**kers’

    Nicolle Wallace Smacks Down Pearl-Clutching Marco Rubio After Biden Campaign Manager Calls GOP Lawmakers ‘a Bunch of F**kers’

    8 hours ago
  • Atlantic City Mayor Auctions Off Opportunity to Demolish Trump’s Casino: WATCH

    Atlantic City Mayor Auctions Off Opportunity to Demolish Trump’s Casino: WATCH

    8 hours ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron Tests Positive for COVID, is Symptomatic

    French President Emmanuel Macron Tests Positive for COVID, is Symptomatic

    9 hours ago
  • Mike Pence Will Preside Over Final Confirmation of Biden’s Victory and Then Fly Out of Town

    Mike Pence Will Preside Over Final Confirmation of Biden’s Victory and Then Fly Out of Town

    9 hours ago
  • Pompeo Holiday Bash, Letitia James, Rupert Everett, Wild Mink, Arlo Parks, Billie Eilish, Moscow Mitch: HOT LINKS

    Pompeo Holiday Bash, Letitia James, Rupert Everett, Wild Mink, Arlo Parks, Billie Eilish, Moscow Mitch: HOT LINKS

    1 day ago

Most Commented

  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Footer

Copyright © 2020 · Log in