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Sep 14, 2007
Quickie Link: Russian Gays Arrested in Blood Donor Protest
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By vanrozenheim
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(Russia) - Seven protesters have been detained in Moscow for holding a demonstration against a law which prohibits Gay men from giving blood. The leader of Moscow's Gay Pride movement, Nikolai Alexeyev, believes that the law is discriminatory. The same law also prevents prostitutes and drug addicts from giving blood. Mr Alexeyev says its unfair to compare gay men to drug users and sex workers, pointing out that there is no law preventing gay women from giving blood. Ten protesters picketed outside the Russian Health Ministry. Seven were arrested and held in a nearby police department.
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