Новости Новости Новости Patriarch Aleksei II spoke out against gay marriage, calling homosexuality "the sin of a godless world"

This opinion was voiced in the interview with the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera"; the main topic of the interview was the "aggressive proselitism" of Western Christian churches within the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church. Aleksei II asserted that "a significant part of the Protestant world is...
9 сентября 2004

Новости RF State Council - Russian Gays' Love Still Not Amenable to RF Court Jurisdiction

1st April 2004 the RF Council State committee for the civil, criminal and arbitration law made a recommendation to the RF State Council overriding the amendments to the RF Criminal Code, according to which homosexuality is a criminal act. As a matter of remembrance, the related draft law regarding making amendments...
2 апреля 2004

Новости Offended by Podolsk authorities, Moiseev left for Berlin to confess his love to Nikita from Golod TV show

On his 50 th anniversary Boris Moiseyev got a beautiful present from Culture Department of Podolsk, which vigorously ordered to ban Moiseev’s concerts. The same story occurred recently in another Moscow region town of Domodedovo, however there people who bought the tickets for the show refused to get their money back...
13 февраля 2004

Новости Young communists of Orel welcome Russian artist Moiseev with picket: "Boris, you're not right!"

"Boris, you're not right!" - shouted young communists in Orlov (these famous words were once addressed to Boris Yeltsin), starting a picket opposite the concert hall where the artist's performance was to take place. Assignees of the VLKSM (soviet komsomol organization) protested not against the performance itself...
7 февраля 2004

Новости Новости Ukraine: Gay Community Center Harassed in Lugansk

mailto:ourworld@cci.lg.ua Press-release by Our World Gay and Lesbian Center, Lugansk, Ukraine LUGANSK -- The Community Center for lesbian and gay people in Lugansk, the first of its kind in the New Independent States, had its functioning suspended on September 15th. Since its opening on August 18, 2001, the Center...
24 сентября 2001

Новости Banging Fists Against City Hall's Walls

"Such demonstrations outrage the majority of the capital's population, are in effect propaganda of dissipation and force upon society unacceptable norms of behavior." - City Hall's press office on the prospect of holding a Gay Pride parade Mayor Yury Luzhkov this summer banned two shows that would have changed Moscow...
4 сентября 2001

Новости Belarus: Pride 2001 Bound to Fail Again?

Following the failure of gay pride in Minsk, Belarus, last year local gay activists announced new gay pride supposed to be held in early September. Last year there were strong doubts about the fairness of gay pride organizers -- some independent gay journalists made an investigation and came to the following...
2 августа 2001