Just when Russia’s Anti Gay law has been highly enforced, russian
athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed each other over the weekend
on the winners podium after taking gold in the women's 4x400 meter relay at the
World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
Was it just a celebratory kiss? Or was it a
political statement?
We are yet to find out….
But their kiss came at a highly charged moment for
gay rights in Russia, which recently implemented an anti-gay propaganda law.
The law, which bars the public discussion of gay
rights and relationships anywhere children might hear, has led to calls to
boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Gay rights campaigners have drawn parallels between
Moscow's actions and Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews or apartheid in South
Africa.
Russia, meanwhile, insists that its law barring
"propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors" is not
discriminatory but is intended to protect children.
Almost three-quarters of Russians said homosexuality
should not be accepted by society, while just 16% said it should be accepted, a
recent Pew Research Center survey of global attitudes revealed.
By comparison, 33% of people surveyed in the United
States said homosexuality should not be accepted by society, while 60% said it
should. In Britain, only 18% opposed accepting homosexuality, with 76% saying
it should be accepted.
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