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Jun 16, 2007
Quickie Link: Should U.S. Gay Groups Adopt a Boader Sope?
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By vanrozenheim
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(USA) - Violence at Gay Pride parades in Russia, Romania and Poland has some U.S. activists questioning the role both domestic and international gay rights groups should play in responding to similar incidents abroad in the future. Moscow Pride organizer Nikolai Alekseev said he thinks IGLHRC will have no effect on Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov’s decision to ban parades there. He said IGLHRC turned down invitations to observe the last two parades because it did not meet its fundraising goals. “Send us a House representative. Send us a senator,” Alekseev said. “By sending officials you will make a difference. This will prevent the authorities from allowing the police and the fascists to beat us. But it’s not a press release that will change anything, especially when the event has passed.”
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