VKontakte, Rsia's largt social work, has angered the untry's gays and lbians by barrg them om ditg they are homosexual their relatnship stat. In a curt msage, a reprentative of VKontakte allegedly advised a gay work member to "change sex" if he wasn't happy wh the relatnship optns available on the web se. The homosexual muny is llg for a boytt of the social work.
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- RSIA'S LEADG SOCIAL NETWORK SAYS NO TO GAY RELATNSHIP STAT
- RSIAN URT ORRS LGBT GROUPS TO DISBAND FOR ‘NYG FAY VALU’ AFTER SHARG PICTUR OF GAY LOVE
RSIA'S LEADG SOCIAL NETWORK SAYS NO TO GAY RELATNSHIP STAT
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VKontatke, Rsia's largt social work, is unr fire om the homosexual muny after sayg would not allow ers to dite their profile that they are a same-sex relatnship. He was reportedly told that gay marriag were banned Rsia and advised to "change sex" onle.
This has earned the ire of many om Rsia's gay and lbian muny. "They are not vlatg Rsian law by dog this, " says Nikolai Alekseyev, a leadg Rsian gay rights mpaigner. "But om a moral and ethil pot of view, nsirg that a huge number of gays and lbians support this work, e and help make money, they should regnize such relatnships.
RSIAN URT ORRS LGBT GROUPS TO DISBAND FOR ‘NYG FAY VALU’ AFTER SHARG PICTUR OF GAY LOVE
Gay activists have found VKontatke's handlg of the suatn and s sarstic tone eply offensive. Although homosexualy was crimalized 1993, hostily agast gays and lbians remas wispread Rsia.
Attempts to hold gay pri march have been nsistently cshed, and several Rsian ci recently adopted new legislatn crimalizg homosexual propaganda -- a vague term that many fear will be ed to crack down on Rsia's already margalized homosexual muny.
Some Rsian gay activists have end their membership of VKontakte. Some activists have lled on homosexual VKontakte ers to prott by addg a pk triangle, a symbol of the battle for gay rights, to their profile picture or swchg to the more gay-iendly Facebook.