Rammste Members Kiss Onstage Rsia Defiance of "Gay Propaganda Law" | Revolver

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• RAMMSTEIN FRONTMAN: IT'S VERY EASY FOR GAY MEN TO GET LAID
• RAMMSTE MEMBERS KISS ONSTAGE RSIA DEFIANCE OF "GAY PROPAGANDA LAW"
• RAMMSTE’S KISS AND THE GAY SI OF “ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS”, ON THE NEW HBFM

RAMMSTEIN FRONTMAN: IT'S VERY EASY FOR GAY MEN TO GET LAID

In the article, RAMMSTEIN volist Till Lmann asks the reporter: "Do you thk 's homophobic? It’s about gay men and the fact that they're lucky a way. "I'm not gog to give out any name, but an English band that we [RAMMSTEIN] are iends wh has two gay members.

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RAMMSTE MEMBERS KISS ONSTAGE RSIA DEFIANCE OF "GAY PROPAGANDA LAW"

Till Lmann om Rammste (AP Photo)Rammste rockers Pl Lanrs and Richard Kspe took a stand agast Rsia’s anti-LGBTQ laws by kissg onstage durg a ncert the German micians – who are both guar players the heavy metal band - locked lips durg a performance of their song Alanr at Rsia’s Luzhniki Stadium earlier this was an ternatnal outcry 2013 when Rsia passed what is known as the “gay propaganda law”, and many have said that the legislatn has ma the untry a hostile environment for LGBTQ more: Rammste set for stadium tourHowever, Lanrs and Kspe were clearly unterred by the policy as they leaned and puckered up onstage ont of thoands of their group also reerated their statement by later sharg a photo of the moment on Instagram.

There, on June 30th, 2013, print Vladimir Put enacted a feral law known as "for the Purpose of Protectg Children From Informatn Advotg for a Denial of Tradnal Fay Valu, " or lloquially referred to as the "gay propaganda law. "So-lled 'gay-propaganda' has been outlawed Rsia sce 2013, leadg to a wispread atmosphere of homophobia the untry, which has led to nmnatn of Rsia, pecially when they chose to hold events like ncerts and the football world cup. Two members of the German heavy metal band Rammste shared a kiss on stage durg a ncert Mosw what was seen by many as a pledge of support for the Rsian LGBTQ the show Luzhniki Stadium on Tuday, guarists Pl Lanrs and Richard Kspe shared the kiss durg a performance of the song "Alanr, " The Gay Tim image of the moment was put up on the band's Instagram page, along wh the msage Rsian: "Rsia, we love you!

"It is not the first time that the band, which is renowned for s spectacular live shows, has shown support for gay rights on this tour.

RAMMSTE’S KISS AND THE GAY SI OF “ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS”, ON THE NEW HBFM

Lanrs and Kspe have kissed several tim before durg their European tour, wh fans dubbg the pair "Plchard, " The Inpennt Poland, followg reports that LGBT-ee zone stickers are beg distributed by the newspaper Gazeta Polska, band members waved rabow flags on stage and ontman Till Lmann crowdsurfed a bber dghy, The Gay Tim reported. Homosexualy is not illegal Rsia but activists say that the so-lled "gay propaganda" law has ma the untry a hostile place for the LGBTQ 21 July, a proment LGBT+ activist was found ad St Petersburg, havg been strangled and stabbed. It was referencg the purge spearhead by Chechnya's thori 2017, which men spected of beg gay were btally March, Rammste was at the center of ntroversy after was cricized by the Israeli foreign mistry over a vio for their song "Dtschland" that outled the history of Germany and clud btal Nazi imagery.

While an onstage kiss may seem somewhat tame for the group, Rsia, uld be nsired a crimal offense — while the untry do not have any laws that directly outlaw homosexualy, their “gay propoganda” law outlaws any and all “propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns, ” acrdg to The Guardian. In Chechnya, a feral subject of Rsia, both 2017 and 2019, dozens of gay men were taed and held by the ernment for beg gay, wh at least 2 beg killed, acrdg to activists.

The group’s dmmer, Christoph Schneir, shared a photo on Instagram of himself wavg a rabow flag durg their tour stop Poland followg an anti-gay attack on the first Pri march the nservative town of Bialystock.