Tag Archives: Russia

Accompanied by local lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, anti-gay thugs from the Russian Orthodox Church swarmed yesterday’s opening of the  St. Petersburg QueerFest where 16 attendees were reportedly hospitalized after an unknown gas was released. Via Radio Free Europe: St. Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, his aide Anatoly Artyukh, and activists who associate themselves with the Russian Orthodox faith interrupted the opening ceremony …

The Human Rights Campaign today issued a lengthy report which details the anti-LGBT hate campaigns being done overseas by American hate group leaders such as NOM’s Brian Brown, Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver, Pastor Scott Lively, Peter LaBarbera, homocon horcrux Robert Oscar Lopez, World Congress of Families leader Larry Jacobs, Alliance Defending Freedom’s Benjamin Bull, and others. The report delves into …

“NOM needs your help to continue to stand up and fight back! Won’t you please make a generous gift right away, knowing that your donation — of whatever amount — will be matched dollar-for-dollar? We’re seeing the furious attacks against marriage taking place all around us every day… radical activists seeking out hand-picked, liberal judges throughout the country and launching …

From a press release published by Christian Newswire: The World Congress of Families is pleased to announce that the Black Conservative Summit (BCS) Leadership Initiative this fall in Washington D.C. organized by Freedom’s Journal Institute has been designated a World Congress of Families Special Event. This year’s summit will feature some of the leading Black conservatives and Christian leaders from …

“To all people of goodwill everywhere, to leaders of all faiths, to the architects of public opinion, to those at the helm of professional, women’s and youth organizations, to the UN General Assembly, to the heads of state and legislative bodies and to the mass media: We, the participants of the Moscow International Forum, express our profound concern because certain …

Via Right Wing Watch: As Buzzfeed and Mother Jones have reported over the past several days, a planned conference at the Kremlin organized by the Illinois-based World Congress of Families, which was supposedly cancelled after Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, is in fact going ahead this week with only nominal changes to its sponsorship line-up. In fact, World Congress of Families …

Real? Road rage? Prank? WTF? (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

Crimea’s top politician today said that gay people “have no chance” now that Russia has taken over the region. Via the Guardian: Speaking about gay people during a Crimean government session on Tuesday, the region’s de facto leader Sergei Aksyonov said “we in Crimea do not need such people.” In comments reported by the Russian news agencies Interfax and Itar-Tass, …

Despite all its screaming about Eurovision 2014 winner Conchita Wurst, Russia has cancelled its plan to revive a Soviet-era version of the event next month. Via Pink News: The 2014 contest – which was due to take place in Sochi in October – has since been cancelled, according to Russian news service Rusnovosti. Intervision, which ran between 1977 and 1980, …

Clip recap: Anastasia’s demons were defiant. They first gave Bob an obscene gesture, then told him F*** YOU! Anastasia doesn’t speak or understand ANY English. Watch what happens then as God’s judgment falls on Jezebel! This exorcism is translated into Russian. Acting! In Russian!

Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/RF3H4IXGSp— Canada at NATO (@CanadaNATO) August 27, 2014 Helping our Canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of #Europe @CanadaNATO pic.twitter.com/MjzRxpFFfN— Russians at NATO (@natomission_ru) August 28, 2014

Readable version here. According to Reddit, there are 110 billionaires in Russia. Germany is second with 58, followed by Turkey with 43.

The Boston Globe reports: Springfield pastor Scott Lively has qualified for the November ballot as an independent candidate for governor. The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office confirmed Wednesday that Lively’s campaign submitted 11,494 valid signatures, far above the 10,000 needed to secure ballot access as an independent this fall. Lively joins the future Republican and Democratic nominees as well as …

Following his January extradition from Cuba, where he had fled Russian and Ukrainian authorities, notorious gay-basher Maxim Martsinkevich has been sentenced to five years in a Russian prison. Via LGBTQ Nation: Martsinkevich was convicted of inciting and fomenting cases of extremism by posting videos on the “Vkontakte” (VK.com) social network that contained racial slurs and extremist opinions on Russia’s state …

Via the Guardian: Hollywood actor and musician Steven Seagal played a weekend concert in the Crimean peninsula, appearing on a stage adorned with the flag of pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine. Seagal and his blues band played on Saturday at a bikers’ show held in the city of Sevastopol, home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet. The star has come under fire …

Climatologists such as the one above are not mincing words after a huge blow-hole appeared in the Siberian tundra. The deep cavern, they believe, was caused by the venting of methane. Via Salon: The study concerns the large deposits of methane (CH4) — a greenhouse gas over twenty times more potent than CO2 — known to be buried beneath the …

Via the Moscow Times: Anti-gay laws or not, Russians are statistically the most ardent consumers of anal sex pornography, according to a study by popular porn site PornHub.com. The survey is based on traffic for the Canada-based PornHub, which currently ranks 75th on the list of the world’s most popular websites, according to the Alexa.com Internet analysis site. PornHub did …

A court in St. Petersburg today ruled that Coming Out, a local Russian LGBT rights group, is a de facto spy organization because it receives funding from outside the country. Via Buzzfeed: The group is one of hundreds of human rights organizations that has had this label slapped on them or been taken to court by government officials for failing …