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Sir Elton John calls Vladimir Putin's same-sex attracted rights claims 'hypocrisy'
Sir Elton John has written an open letter to Vladimir Putin accusing him of "hypocrisy" over his claims Russia has "no problems" with homosexual people.
The singer said he was "deeply upset" by the Russian president's comments in an interview in the Financial Times.
Sir Elton said his film Rocketman was edited in Russia to erase references to his husband David Furnish and their family. Russia has denied censorship.
He previously criticised Mr Putin for a "ridiculous" attitude to gay rights.
In the interview, published on Friday, Mr Putin attacked liberalism and, speaking of the LGBT group, said: "God disallow, let them reside as they wish."
But he added: "Some things do materialize excessive to us... They claim now that children can play five or six gender roles.
"Let everyone be gleeful, we have no problem with that. But this must not be allowed to overshadow the culture, traditions and traditional family ethics of millions of people making up the core population."
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When Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay legislation made headlines around the world, his regime became synonymous with homophobia and the struggle for homosexual rights in Russia. So why do many Russian LGBTQ members continue to support his presidency?
Six years ago, Karina Krasavina, a DJ originally from Volgograd, founded the L-Word party, a women-only event in central Moscow. She hoped to create a room in which like-minded women could meet, fall in love and feel free. But in the eyes of the Russian rule, her job is seen as provocative.
“What I am doing involves certain risks. I can’t agree with recent legislative developments, I think they are wrong” she explained on a break from her DJ set in the club’s dressing room. “But I absolutely support Vladimir Putin when it comes to parades in Moscow. I am personally against homosexual parades and I don’t want to propagandize.”
A regular L-Word attendee, Yulia Astakhova, complained that she doesn’t feel free in Moscow due to the recent homophobic legislation and society’s enduring prejudice that regards homosexuality as “unnatural.” But when asked about her attitude to Putin and the existing regime, she smiles: “I su
Vladimir Putin defends Russia's stance on homosexuals, hails Elton John, after calls to boycott Sochi Winter Olympics
Russian president Vladimir Putin has defended his country's position on homosexuality, saying Russians love British musician Elton John "despite his orientation".
His comments pursue calls for a boycott of next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi over legislation which makes it a crime to provide data about homosexuality to anyone under the age of 18.
Mr Putin says he is not prejudiced against gay people and he does not care about a person's sexual orientation.
"I myself know some people who are queer . We are on friendly terms," he told the BBC.
But Mr Putin says there is no danger for people of what he referred to as "non-traditional sexual orientation" in coming to the Winter Olympics as participants or spectators.
By way of example, he praised Sir Elton, who is openly gay, as "an outstanding person [and] outstanding musician".
"Millions of our people sincerely love him despite his orientation," Mr Putin said.
Sir Elton himself has spoken out against Russia's crackdown on so
Vladimir Putin Defends Anti-Gay Law, but Vows No 'Problems' for Olympic Visitors
MOSCOW, JAN. 19, 2014— -- Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his country's controversial new anti-gay law, saying it aims to safeguard children and does not discriminate against anyone.
"It seems to me that the law that we hold adopted does not wound anyone," he said during an interview with a small group of reporters in Sochi Friday, including ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, the only U.S. reporter.
"Moreover, individuals of non-traditional orientation cannot feel favor second-rate humans in this country because they are not discriminated against in any way."
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But that didn't prevent a gay Russian protester from being detained Saturday for unfurling a rainbow flag during the Olympic torch relay as it passed through his hometown of Voronezh, 560 miles north of Sochi, where the games will begin Feb. 7, The Associated Press reported.
Photos uploaded by his friends business Pavel Lebedev pulling out the flag and then being detained by Olympic security personnel, who wr
Vladimir's story
My name is Vladimir, I am a same-sex attracted man from Russia. It is so difficult to be an out male lover man in Russia. There is so much discrimination against the LGBTQI+ community; this prejudice is supported and actively encouraged by the Russian government. LGBTQI+ people can face maltreatment every single day in Russia. Homophobia and transphobia are so engrained in society, that even walking down the street can be dangerous. The Russian government finds many ways to persecute LGBTQI+ people. They torture us! When LGBTQI + people are abused in public, the preparators get away with it and not prosecuted. It is so difficult to be an out LGBTQI+ person in the eyes of the rule. Any legal security we may have had has been continuously eroded over recent years. Now, we are not socially, culturally or legally accepted, supported or protected.
I was trying my best to be happy in Russia, and I had a victorious career. But life for LGBTQI+ people in Russia started to get significantly more difficult in 2013, when Putin passed the “propaganda” law. At the time this was a new piece of homophobic and transphobic legislation which made it illegal to “distribute propaganda of non-traditional sexual