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May 15, 2007
Quickie Link: Russian Gays to Ignore Parade Ban
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By vanrozenheim
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(Moscow, Russia) - Russian gay rights activists vowed on Tuesday to ignore an imminent ban by Moscow city authorities on a gay pride parade later this month. Police arrived shortly before the start of a news conference saying they wanted to stay and listen, parade organiser Nikolai Alexeyev said. The meeting was also disrupted by a homophobic tirade by a journalist who compared homosexuals to paedophiles and a second who quoted the Bible and said Russia shouldn't imitate Western values.
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