Tag Archives: Sochi Olympics

REPORT: Budweiser Won’t Be At Sochi Over Company’s Fears About Terrorism

TMZ last night published a claim that Budweiser has “bailed” on its usual party zone at the Olympics.  The company is not one of the official Sochi sponsors. TMZ Sports has learned Budweiser has decided to NOT throw its traditional Winter Olympics party this year and it’s all because the company is not comfortable with the situation in Russia. In …

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Olympic Torch Arrives In Sochi

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Open Thread Thursday

Do you plan on watching the Olympics?

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Feds Issue New Russian Travel Warning

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Olympics Have Always Been A Little Gay

From a Canadian diversity group. (Tipped by JMG reader Tam)

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Billie Jean King To Miss Sochi Opening Ceremonies Due To Ill Mother

USA Today reports: Billie Jean King, one of three openly gay members on the U.S. delegation for the Sochi Olympics, will miss the opening ceremony Friday because of her mother’s failing health. King said Wednesday she needs to be with her mother and brother “at this difficult time.” “I want to thank President Obama for including me in this historic …

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Journalists: Sochi Isn’t Ready

Journalists already in Sochi say that some hotels remain far from finished and sanitation remains an issue at some facilities. Above is what came out of the faucet in one reporter’s hotel room. While the main venues and Olympic Village are finished, the area around the Olympic Park and a number of hotels are effectively construction zones, according to widespread …

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AT&T Denounces Russian Homophobia

From the corporate blog of AT&T: The Olympic Games in Sochi also allow us to shine a light on a subject that’s important to all Americans: equality. As you may know, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community around the world is protesting a Russian anti-LGBT law that bans “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations.” To raise awareness of the …

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Russia’s Super-Gay Olympic Sports

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Sochi Officials Are Killing Stray Dogs

City leaders of Sochi are rounding up stray dogs and killing them in advance of the Olympics. Via the Associated Press: Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, said his company is involved in what he described as the “catching and disposing” of dogs. Sorokin refused to specify whether they shoot or poison dogs or say where …

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Parisians Protest Sochi Olympics

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RUSSIA: Gay Men Beaten On Camera

Via Human Rights Watch: The Russian authorities need to address a deteriorating situation of widespread and concerted abuse against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities’ failure to act and some officials’ homophobic comments expose LGBT people to further harassment and violence and embolden the attackers, Human Rights Watch research found. …

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Gay Family Featured In Coke Super Bowl Ad, Bigots Attack Over Spot’s Music

Last night’s Super Bowl ad from Coca-Cola included a fleeting shots of two men holding hands on a skating ring with a young girl holding the hand of one of the men. But it was that the spot’s music, America The Beautiful sung in foreign languages, that has brought out the haters. So far. TIME Magazine recaps the reaction: Coca …

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Bell Canada Super Bowl Commercial Shows Gay Couple Watching The Olympics

JMG reader David writes: “The ad, showing the many ways people can watch the Olympics on Bell’s mobile, cable and broadcast networks and platforms, includes a gay couple celebrating a victory. The end of the ad shows the Canadian Olympic Team logo, of which Bell is a sponsor. The ad was shown several times tonight during the broadcast of the …

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Sochi Potty Rules

Toutant is a snowboarder for Canada. I guess I understand them all except the one on the lower left. Source. (Tipped by JMG reader Str8 Grandmother)

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Coalition Of Human Rights Groups: Sochi’s Top Corporate Sponsors Must Speak Out

A coalition of 40 human rights groups have issued a joint letter to the top ten corporate sponsors of the Sochi Olympics which demands that they denounce Russia’s abuses against LGBT people. Via press release: Corporate sponsors of the Sochi Winter Olympics should act now to urge Russia to halt the rising tide of discrimination, harassment and threats against lesbian, …

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1999 Flashback: LA Gay Men’s Chorus Performs We Shall Overcome In Moscow

The Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus today posted the below 1999 concert footage with some recent and disturbing images from Russia added. Above is infamous and recently apprehended Russian gay-basher Maxim Martsenkevich. One of the largest gatherings of LGBT people in Russian history occurred when the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles performed in Moscow in 1999. Here’s the climax …

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State Department Issues Gay-Inclusive Clip To Promote Team USA At Sochi

Via press release: In honor of Team USA’s participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics (February 7-23) and Paralympics (March 7-16) in Sochi, Russia, the U.S. Department of State has produced a one-minute video highlighting the diversity of the U.S. athletes competing in the Games as well as everyday Americans. The video focuses on the theme “We Are All Athletes,” to …

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NEW YORK CITY: Queer Nation To Protest At Russian Consulate On February 6th

Via press release: Members of the gay activist group Queer Nation and others who oppose the Russian government’s continued attacks on human rights, including the rights of LGBT Russians, will mark the start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games with a protest outside the Russian consulate in New York City at noon on February 6. “Gay bashing is not an …

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Potpourri Of Pearls – Sochi 2014

From the download site: Sochi (sô′chĭ) n. A delightful anus v. To do butt sex With our new release, SOCHI, we infiltrate internationally sanctioned homophobia by redefining the very site of the 2014 Olympics. Sochi is no longer the location of the 2014 Olympics; it is a gay club banger about doing it in the butt. Humorous, sexy and….. dangerous? …

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