Jeux Olympiques d'hiver 2014 en Russie : la loi anti-gay s'appliquera aussi aux athlètes et aux spectateurs.

Marcel Khrouchtchev a écrit:Je regarde un peu les mondiaux d'athlétisme en ce moment, aucune remarque...

MOSCOW — If this article were published in a newspaper based in Russia, it could be labeled 18+ — like an X-rated movie — and start with the following disclaimer: “This article contains information not suitable for readers younger than 18 years of age, according to Russian legislation.”

Such warnings, put on any articles that discuss homosexuality or gay rights, are the result of a law nominally aimed at “protecting” children by banning “propaganda on nontraditional sexual relationships” but widely understood as an effort to suppress homosexuality and Russia’s fledgling gay rights movement.

The law, signed by President Vladimir V. Putin in June, has ignited international condemnation and blindsided the Kremlin with the sort of toxic political controversy that officials had desperately hoped to avoid ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The last Olympics on Russian soil, in 1980, was marred by the boycott over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Certains ont eu une idée haute en couleur pour contester les lois contre les homosexuels promulguées par Vladimir Poutine.
Pour se rendre à l'ambassade de Russie en Suède, il n'y a maintenant pas d'autre moyen que de traverser un passage piéton repeint aux couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel

http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2013/08/12/jo-sotchi-2014-passage-pieton-ambassade-russe-repeint-couleurs-arc-en-ciel-international_n_3742464.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

US middle distance runner Nick Symmonds dedicated his 800-meter silver medal at the world athletics championships Tuesday to his gay and lesbian friends back home, becoming the first athlete to openly criticize Russia's controversial anti-gay law on the country's soil.

"As much as I can speak out about it, I believe that all humans deserve equality as however God made them," he told R-Sport after running a 1:43.55 at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. "Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve the same rights. If there's anything I can do to champion the cause and further it, I will, shy of getting arrested."

John a écrit:En plein coeur de la Russie, le coureur américain Nick Simmonds, qui vient de remporter la médaille d'argent aux championnats mondiaux d'athlétisme, est le premier athlète à oser condamner les lois anti-gays sur le sol russe.

http://en.ria.ru/sports/20130813/182748399/In-Russia-American-Runner-Dedicates-Silver-Medal-to-Gay-Friends.html

US middle distance runner Nick Symmonds dedicated his 800-meter silver medal at the world athletics championships Tuesday to his gay and lesbian friends back home, becoming the first athlete to openly criticize Russia's controversial anti-gay law on the country's soil.

"As much as I can speak out about it, I believe that all humans deserve equality as however God made them," he told R-Sport after running a 1:43.55 at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium. "Whether you're gay, straight, black, white, we all deserve the same rights. If there's anything I can do to champion the cause and further it, I will, shy of getting arrested."

JPhMM a écrit:Sauf que...
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arguin a écrit:

                      EN PLUS GROS PLAN    

"Chère Mme Averbakh,
Merci pour votre aimable invitation. Ayant apprécié mes visites en Russie par le passé et pouvant revendiquer une part de sang russe, j'aurais été heureux de vous dire oui.Toutefois, en tant qu'homme gay, je dois décliner votre invitation.
Je suis profondément troublé par la manière dont le gouvernement Russe se comporte actuellement vis à vis des gays et des lesbiennes. Cette situation n'est en aucun cas tolérable et je ne peux pas en conscience participer à un événement festif dans un pays où on l'on dénie systématiquement aux gens comme moi leur droit fondamental à vivre et aimer au grand jour.
Peut-être, quand les circonstances seront différentes, et si tel est le cas, je me sentirai libre de faire un choix différent.
D'ici là...
Wentworth Miller"

Celeborn a écrit:

JPhMM a écrit:Sauf que...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/17/swedish-athlete-repaint-nails-gay-rights-fingernails-rainbow_n_3773504.html

Juste pour vérifier que j'ai bien compris : peindre ses ongles de plusieurs couleurs est un manquement au règlement, mais déclarer dans une conférence de presse qu'on est favorable à une loi qui interdit de montrer qu'on est gay en public, ça passe ?
Quelqu'un pour m'épeler le mot « Tartuffe » ?

The legislative actions against homosexuality have encroached further into civil rights in the form of book censorship, and the offending book GAYS: They Changed the World is the first to be deemed dangerous to the traditional Russian-Orthodox values espoused by the Putin regime. It was brought to the attention as a piece of “gay propaganda” by Alexander Leikov, a lawyer from the Saratov region who has demanded that it be removed from bookstores. The state deputy, Olga Batina, has demanded that fines be imposed on stores that carry the book in question and other literature that is deemed propagandistic and offensive to family values.

As a member of a family-oriented council, Leikov has taken particular issue that the book’s “bright artwork” and “nice glossy paper”, attributes that he claims are “designed for a child”, will tempt young audiences to accept homosexuality as natural. The book catalogs famous figures for their achievements, including Elton John, Oscar Wilde, and even Russian composer Pyotor Tchaikovsky.