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May 26, 2007
Quickie Link: Planned Protest Divides Russia's Gay Community
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By vanrozenheim
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(Russia) - A planned protest by members of Moscow's gay community this Sunday has provoked a deep split among Russian homosexuals: whether to battle on the streets for greater rights or remain in the shadows. "We are simply asking to be considered citizens like any others," said Nikolai Alexeyev, the organiser of the planned March of Tolerance, which has been banned by city authorities. Alexeyev, virtually the sole public face of Russia's gay rights movement, is as controversial a figure for many Russian gays as he is for the authorities who ban his events. "Society is not ready for this kind of demonstration," said Alexander Khodorkovsky, administrator of Russia's largest gay dating site, QGuys.ru.
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