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- DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S "EUROVISN""EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020/2:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA - DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CRED JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIX © 2020BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020 / 2:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S \"EUROVISN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST VIEWERS PROBABLY KNOW DAN STEVENS AS MATTHEW CRAWLEY OM DOWNTON ABBEY, BUT THE ACTOR EARNED A NEW LEGN OF GAY FANS WHEN HE EMERGED OM THE BATHROOM NOTHG BUT A TOWEL THE 2014 CULT FILM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE NEW NETFLIX ORIGAL MOVIE EUROVISN SONG CONTT: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, STEVENS PLAYS ALEXANR LEMTOV, THE "PRCE OF EUROVISN" WHO IS A RSIAN TRIBUTE TO GEE MICHAEL AND IS A CLOSETED POP SGER, JT LIKE THE REAL-LIFE WHAM! SGER.JOHN WILSON/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA- DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CR. JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX © {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, LEMTOV IS ASKED IF HE IS GAY BUT RPONDS THAT HE N'T BE GAY BEE HE'S RSIAN—WHICH IS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RSIAN ERNMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SADLY, WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE SOME UNTRI AND THEIR ERNMENTS REFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE'S SEXUALY. THEY ACTIVELY TRY TO STAMP OUT," STEVENS TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND TO REMEMBER THAT EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. IT HAS A MASSIVE FANBASE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS SOMETHG REALLY WORTH CELEBRATG AND CHAMPNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO RELLS FILMG EUROVISN'S EPIC "SONG ALONG" MIL NUMBER, WHICH MASH UP CHER, MADONNA, ABBA, AND FEATUR PAST WNERS OM THE PETN LIKE CONCHA WURST AND NETTA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR THE REAL SUPERFANS, I THK. IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR . WE WERE JT LIVG OUR OWN EUROVISN BUBBLE THAT WE HAD CREATED, AND THEN WE WERE ACTIVELY MIXG WH REAL NTTANTS OM PAST NTTS AND THEY WERE ALL SO LOVELY AND SO EXCED TO BE PART OF . AND THEY ARE ALL CREDIBLE SGERS AND TO GET TO SG ALONG WH THEM SUCH AN AMAZG MELODY OF SONGS, CREDIBLY ARRANGED... IT WAS REALLY REALLY WILD. THE CROWD WAS SO EXCED TO BE WNSG . IT WAS JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR MORE OM STEVENS, CLUDG HOW GEE MICHAEL SPIRED LEMTOV'S MANE OF HAIR, CHECK OUT HIS EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH NEWNOWNEXT THE VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- LEMTOV, I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHG. SURE, SURE. OKAY... EHM... ARE YOU GAY? WHA-...? NO....
- ARE YOU GAY? WHAT? NO. OF URSE NOT. I AM RSIAN. NO? THERE ARE NO GAY PEOPLE RSIA.
- DEMI LOVATO: ‘I AM TOO GAY TO MARRY A MAN RIGHT NOW’
DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S "EUROVISN""EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020/2:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:5304PX;WIDTH:7952PX;}JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA - DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CRED JONATHAN OLLEY/NETFLIX © 2020BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHJUNE 29, 2020 / 2:50 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAN STEVENS ON PLAYG THE CLOSETED POP PRCE FROM NETFLIX'S \"EUROVISN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-06-29T18:50:46.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST VIEWERS PROBABLY KNOW DAN STEVENS AS MATTHEW CRAWLEY OM DOWNTON ABBEY, BUT THE ACTOR EARNED A NEW LEGN OF GAY FANS WHEN HE EMERGED OM THE BATHROOM NOTHG BUT A TOWEL THE 2014 CULT FILM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE NEW NETFLIX ORIGAL MOVIE EUROVISN SONG CONTT: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA, STEVENS PLAYS ALEXANR LEMTOV, THE "PRCE OF EUROVISN" WHO IS A RSIAN TRIBUTE TO GEE MICHAEL AND IS A CLOSETED POP SGER, JT LIKE THE REAL-LIFE WHAM! SGER.JOHN WILSON/NETFLIXEUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA- DAN STEVENS AS ALEXANR LEMTOV. CR. JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX © {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, LEMTOV IS ASKED IF HE IS GAY BUT RPONDS THAT HE N'T BE GAY BEE HE'S RSIAN—WHICH IS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RSIAN ERNMENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SADLY, WE LIVE A WORLD WHERE SOME UNTRI AND THEIR ERNMENTS REFE TO ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE'S SEXUALY. THEY ACTIVELY TRY TO STAMP OUT," STEVENS TELLS NEWNOWNEXT. "IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND TO REMEMBER THAT EUROVISN HAS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN A SAFE HAVEN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE. IT HAS A MASSIVE FANBASE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS SOMETHG REALLY WORTH CELEBRATG AND CHAMPNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVENS ALSO RELLS FILMG EUROVISN'S EPIC "SONG ALONG" MIL NUMBER, WHICH MASH UP CHER, MADONNA, ABBA, AND FEATUR PAST WNERS OM THE PETN LIKE CONCHA WURST AND NETTA:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR THE REAL SUPERFANS, I THK. IT WAS AN CREDIBLE REWARD FOR . WE WERE JT LIVG OUR OWN EUROVISN BUBBLE THAT WE HAD CREATED, AND THEN WE WERE ACTIVELY MIXG WH REAL NTTANTS OM PAST NTTS AND THEY WERE ALL SO LOVELY AND SO EXCED TO BE PART OF . AND THEY ARE ALL CREDIBLE SGERS AND TO GET TO SG ALONG WH THEM SUCH AN AMAZG MELODY OF SONGS, CREDIBLY ARRANGED... IT WAS REALLY REALLY WILD. THE CROWD WAS SO EXCED TO BE WNSG . IT WAS JT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO HEAR MORE OM STEVENS, CLUDG HOW GEE MICHAEL SPIRED LEMTOV'S MANE OF HAIR, CHECK OUT HIS EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH NEWNOWNEXT THE VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Dan don’t disclose whether Lemtov is gay, bisexual or falls somewhere else on the LGBTQ spectm. I looked up Kadyrov’s and Put’s attu to gay people, and we didn’t want to beltle that danger any way. Rsia has had a gay propaganda law place sce 2013.
It is signed to “protect” children om beg exposed to homosexualy.
LEMTOV, I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHG. SURE, SURE. OKAY... EHM... ARE YOU GAY? WHA-...? NO....
In Chechnya, a feral subject of the Rsian Feratn, there was an “anti-gay purge” 2017.
Police are reported to have round up and tortured groups of men spected of beg gay. Most viewers probably know Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley om Downton Abbey, but the actor earned a new legn of gay fans when he emerged om the bathroom nothg but a towel the 2014 cult film The the new Netflix origal movie Eurovisn Song Contt: The Story of Fire Saga, Stevens plays Alexanr Lemtov, the "prce of Eurovisn" who is a Rsian tribute to Gee Michael and is a closeted pop sger, jt like the real-life Wham!
ARE YOU GAY? WHAT? NO. OF URSE NOT. I AM RSIAN. NO? THERE ARE NO GAY PEOPLE RSIA.
The end of the film, Lemtov is asked if he is gay but rponds that he n't be gay bee he's Rsian—which is is exactly what the Rsian ernment believ. “There are no gay people Rsia, ” Lemtov asserts, echog the disturbg words of real-life Chechen print Ramzan Kadyrov back 2017. I thk if you look back at performers here back the ‘80s, a lot of people didn’t thk Gee Michael was gay.
DEMI LOVATO: ‘I AM TOO GAY TO MARRY A MAN RIGHT NOW’
It wasn’t que clear to me at the end: Is Alexanr gay, or bisexual? ??Genr-fluid #DragRace superstar @thegigigoo and the bad boy of #EurovisnFilm @thatdanstevens lead a jam-packed edn: — Attu (@AttuMag) June 18, 2020Chechnya is a feral republic of the Rsian Feratn and has been acced of havg an appallg human rights rerd for gay people.
And his Eurovisn song, ‘Ln of Love’, wh all of s unbridled lt and homoeroticism… well, let’s jt say that if you’ve ever seen a Rsian pop mic vio, you’ll know why hs all the right not.
” The only vaguely annoyg part of the film is when Sigr nonts him about his sexualy, and he emphatilly ni beg gay. ” It is te, unfortunately, that “gay propaganda” is still banned by the ernment.