The plight of gays prompts lls for a boytt of the Sochi Olympics | Europe
Contents:
- GRIM TO BE GAY
- ‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’
- AM I GAY?
- JAMAI: A GRIM PLACE TO BE GAY
- JUSTICE: IT CAN BE GRIM TO BE GAY, GREENE TELLS MSPS
- 'GRIMM' IS FELY GAY, BUT 'S JT NOT THAT GREAT
- HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
GRIM TO BE GAY
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‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’
Europe | Human rights RsiaThe plight of gays prompts lls for a boytt of the Sochi OlympicsSINCE Rsia was award the 2014 Wter Olympics, has had to al wh everythg om st overns to the historil grievanc of the Cirssian diaspora and ncerns over an Islamic surgency the north Cs. Rsia is socially liberal on adultery, abortn and divorce, but attus to homosexualy remble those the Wt of a generatn ago. The existence of gays and lbians is tolerated as long as they are not seen to “ntamate” the public square, says Tanya Loksha of Human Rights Watch, though the near-visibily of gays and lbians has let prejudice and misunrstandg fter.
AM I GAY?
Alexanr Smirnov, who was asked to qu his job at the Mosw mayor’s office after he me out Afisha, an arts and culture magaze, says gays are seen as “alien people” the new law adds an emotive slur to latent prejudice, by lkg homosexualy and paedophilia.
JAMAI: A GRIM PLACE TO BE GAY
In prciple, the law appears to prevent any public fence of the rights of gays and lbians— effect, says Pola Andrianova of Comg Out, a mpaign group, creatg a “socially unequal” more worryg, she says, the law has implicly given a “green light to aggrsn”. Igor Kochetkov, another mpaigner, notic “disillnment and prsn” among Rsia’s gays; a poll fds that the number who experienced harassment or prsure doubled the past year to 50%. A promise for Sochi is likely—but given Mr Put’s polil prri and society’s attus, the outlook for Rsian gays is article appeared the Europe sectn of the prt edn unr the headle "Grim to be gay"From the Augt 24th 2013 ednDisver stori om this sectn and more the list of ntents Explore the edn.
JUSTICE: IT CAN BE GRIM TO BE GAY, GREENE TELLS MSPS
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'GRIMM' IS FELY GAY, BUT 'S JT NOT THAT GREAT
I me out at a nservative Christian llege the US and was a gay relatnship for around two years wh a basketball player who end up marryg a woman.
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Throughout the same perd, the number of Amerins who believe homosexualy is “due to someone’s upbrgg/environment” fell om jt unr 60% to ias reached cril mass pop culture, first wh Lady Gaga’s 2011 Born This Way and one year later wh Macklemore’s Same Love, the chos of which has a gay person sgg “I n’t change even if I tried, even if I wanted to. ” Around the same time, the Human Rights Campaign clared unequivolly that “Beg gay is not a choice, ” and to claim that is “giv unwarranted crence to roundly disproven practic such as nversn or reparative therapy.
HOW TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE GAY
”People who challenge the Born This Way narrative are often st as homophobic, and their thkg is nsired backwardAs Jane Ward not Not Gay: Sex Between Straight Whe Men, what’s tertg about many of the claims is how transparent their speakers are wh their polil motivatns. “Such statements, ” she wr, “fe blogil acunts wh an obligatory and nearly ercive force, suggtg that anyone who scrib homosexual sire as a choice or social nstctn is playg to the hands of the enemy.