Tag: Sochi
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Bottom line not people at the bottom
Reflecting on the distasteful news that Nike is again cashing in on Pride month with their #BeTrue campaign, after their lack of any action over Sochi and the LGBTQ abuses in Russia. It’s one thing to flog rainbow gear made in coutnries where the locals aren’t free to express their seuxality and gender to people…
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Soviet posters get the pride treament
In Soviet Russia, The Pride Parades YOU! Putin yer pipe and smoke it! Love these altered old Soviet posters given the LGBTQ-friendly treatment by Pride Propaganda. (via Have A Gay Day)
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Love Will Always Win
Love this Sochi-related graphic by Josef Eugenius. In other words, how difficult does Tumblr make it to find out who originally did something? Very hard it seems especially if someone blogs a lot – and this new Terms and Conditions which just pops up and doesn’t allow you to do anything if you’re logged in…sorry…
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Discrimination is a new Olympic sport
A hard hitting video from Russia Freedom Fund and Athlete Ally, pointing out the many countries including Russia where to be gay can be fined, imprisoned or even killed. As Sochi begins, and even Google has a rainbow doodle in protest with a quote from the Olympic Charter: “The practice of sport is a human…
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Boycott Sochi
You might have heard about the violence against LGBTQ in Russia but I doubt most of you have seen it. In this disturbing video by the HRC you can see what actually happens and hear from the people who have been attacked and ignored. Also I’ve not watched the Dispatches Channel 4 documentary Hunted yet…