Moscow Bans Pride for the Next 100 Years

The Moscow municipal government had decided to issue a blanket refusal of any request to hold a gay pride demonstration for the next 100 years. But the decision was immediately challenged by LGBT rights leader Nikolay Alekseyev, and this week’s ruling was the final in a series of appeals by Alekseyev. He had simultaneously helped organize a letter-writing campaign in an attempt to stop the law.

Andre Banks of the LGBT rights organization AllOut aimed higher up than the municipal government in assigning blame.

"Remarkably, President Putin has stayed silent as members of his party advance a provocative antigay agenda that is putting him on a collision course with his allies in Europe and around the world,” Banks said in a statement. “Denying 100 years of Pride is no way to make friends in 2012.”

Banks went on to speak to the overall meaning of gay pride celebrations and their roots in the United States. “This ruling reminds us that Pride is every bit as meaningful today as it was after Stonewall in 1969 — millions around the world are still fighting for the basic right to live openly and love who they choose,” he said. “Much like that memorable summer, this fight will continue and it will be successful. With serious pressure mounting from Russians — gay and straight — along with other world leaders, Putin will soon have to choose whether or not to be on the right side of history."

The next step is to bring the issue to the European Court of Human Rights, of which Russia recently became a member.

The Russian government has painted its antigay efforts as simply protecting “the majority’s rights.” Russia’s official representative at the United Nations said the government felt that “no international commitments are breached.” He added, “It is not appropriate to give rise to appreciation of special groups such as LGBT.”

The most powerful voice to soon speak may be an unlikely one. Madonna has stated that she intends to “speak up for the gay community, to support the gay community, and to give strength and inspiration to anyone who is or feels oppressed” at her concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow this August.

I'm gay, and I live in Tel Aviv. 2 days ago, we held the biggest pride parade in the history of Israel, and I feel like we're moving forward, but than I see things like that that really make me feel cruelty and Homophobia . What do you think?

BTW I found a picture from Tel Aviv Pride Parade 2012.

 

Did they banned the Straight Pride parade as well ?

 

Is it you trying to be sarcastic?

 

No, he is trying to be stupid and his success rate is 100%

 

[video=youtube;xac7t38iJDA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xac7t38iJDA[/video]


I don't think they like this type of get together either:

 

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I think if the country full of anti-gay people, maybe you should migrate to a country that accept it. e.g United States. You can't expect everyone to accept you.

 

It looks like there is plenty of interest in Russia.

I think this ruling makes Russia look even sillier. Kind of medieval.

 

Yes how silly of them to deny the celebration of a lifestyle that results in 20% HIV occurrence , 190% higher rate drug usage and 300% higher rate of suicide . This should be encouraged and respected as all great choices , right ?

Also your "plenty of interest in Russia" shows constant graph and no numbers . Nice way to back up your claim . I can do the same thing in MS-Paint .

 

Are you referring to life in Romania? People living there don´t need any encouragement to live there, they have no choice.

 

Moscow must be a great city to live in then. You're day (at-least in the next 100 years) won't be ruined by some gays having a meaningless parade.

Respect for the man behind the idea of outlawing gay parades.

 

Interesting study...

 

Yep that's definitely it , people who disagree with a choice that resulted in igniting the AIDS epidemic must be homophobic . Let me give you round of applause for cherry picking part of the article .

For gstring & becca

 

This obviously is a bogus study. Duh !

And it doesn't interest me, at all.

 

Looking at the number of people in Pakistan, Arab countries, India,.... who are so vocal against homosexuality and the number of closet gays in those countries and communities, it seems the study is right on the target.
Romanian hatred against homosexuality is probably different because so many of them had to work in sex industry as boy toys for tourists in order to survive and probably that is the reason they hate homosexuals but Apocalypsexl can put more light on this subject from his personal experience living in Romania.

 

Easier said than done. Getting into the United States ain't as easy as it used to be, that's for sure.

 

If you can see who is a closet gay, and who is not, then I'm Michael Jackson.

It is for the Mexicans.

 

Really? It's a city of hate and racism. Respect them? Why? It's not a democratic law and very homophobic. Try to put yourself as a gay teen in Russia, and imagine all the hate all around you.

 

Your Imams are as bad as Catholic priests, so it is foolish of you to deny the rampant homosexuality in Pakistan and Arab countries.

 

It's a bit rich of you to say that Moscow s a city of hate and racism isn't it ? Clean your own house, before you start cleaning others.