Vladimir Put's anti-gay propaganda laws have sought to stifle homosexual exprsn - but Sochi's openg ceremony featured some of the most proment homosexuals ternatnal history.
Contents:
- RSIA’S NO. 1 FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER OUT AS GAY
- TOP RSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY
- 5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
- PUT’S PRI? SIX FAMO GAY SONS OF RSIA
RSIA’S NO. 1 FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER OUT AS GAY
“This notn of someone wantg to be gay or beg one is ridiculo. I thk there is nothg easier this world than beg straight," Daria Kasatka, who's currently ranked No. 12 the world, said an terview earlier this week. * russian gay tennis *
Rsia’s hight-ranked female tennis player has e out as gay, as the parliament of the notorly anti-LGBTQ untry discs expandg rtrictns on discsns of LGBTQ a vio terview released Monday, Daria Kasatka nfirmed that she is a relatnship wh another woman.
TOP RSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY
Daria Kasatka, Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player, me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry. * russian gay tennis *
(Alexanr Schber/Getty Imag)The French Open semifalist also cricized Rsia’s “gay propaganda” law, which outlaws public discsns or posive msag about LGBTQ issu as a way to stop mors om receivg rmatn about “nontradnal sexual relatnships. ”“This notn of someone wantg to be gay or beg one is ridiculo.
“Serly, if there is a choice, no one would choose beg gay.
5 ACTIVE TENNIS PLAYERS WHO HAVE E OUT AS GAY OR BISEXUAL, FT. DARIA KASATKA & SAMANTHA STOSUR
(Michel Euler/AP)Rsia’s “gay propaganda” law, which went to effect 2013, is a “classic example of polil homophobia, ” as scribed a report by the Human Rights Watch, and “targets vulnerable sexual and genr mori for polil ga. Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry.
PUT’S PRI? SIX FAMO GAY SONS OF RSIA
“This notn of someone wantg to be gay or beg one is ridiculo. In 2013, the untry passed a “gay propaganda” law, which has been ed to target the LGTBQ muny, acrdg to The Council for Global Equaly. The sportg world hasn't been ignorant of the discsn, and many athlet the recent past have found themselv fortable enough to e out as gay or lbian.
Unlike several other sports, where homosexual athlet have received ser backlash and threats, tennis has been largely open and non-homophobic.
Tennis is arguably one of the world’s most gay-iendly sports. Many former champns are openly gay, and those clu the greatt of champns.