The programme – which 8 men pete to disver which of them is gay – is prented by Valy Milonov, an ultra-homophobic MP who was behd Rsia's famo "gay propaganda" law.
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THE GAY NABOKOV
Shy, awkward and foppish, the oppose of his gregar brother, Sergei had a secret: He was gay. Sergei's homosexualy would st a long shadow over his strange and heroic life, and would also, ultimately, be the e of his horrifyg and untimely ath. It st a shadow over Vladimir's life as well: He loved his brother, but whatever else he may have been -- a brilliant wrer, a lovg father -- Vladimir was a nfirmed homophobe, and his gay brother was a nstant source of shame, nfn and regret to him.
Acrdg to Sikorski, who quatly refers to Sergei's homosexualy as his "attu, " the fay stuted a kd of "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Vladimir was the young homme du mon -- handsome, romantic looks, somethg of a snob and a gay charmer -- Serge was the dandy, an athete and balletomane... But he was gay, a b dolent, and highly sensive (and therefore an easy butt for teasg sports).
A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
Sergei f easily to the growg gay muny there, and he was iendly wh German activist Magn Hirschfeld, founr of the world's first gay tolerance anizatn. While Vladimir never stopped mourng the Rsia of his youth, Sergei most likely felt at home for the first time a cy that celebrated art and mic, and that took his gayns stri.
Tchelchev was also gay and also a Rsian imigri, and the two of them shared an apartment wh Tchelchev's lover, Allen Tanner.
Nabokov simply didn't like homosexuals.