Posted on 11/08/2013 12:15:49 PM PST by klpt
Germany has granted a young doctor asylum due to his sexual orientation, after he faced persecution and social exclusion in Russia. Thanks to a recent EU ruling, other gays and lesbians will likely to follow. Pavel is gay. He is open about his sexuality, a fact which used to continuously cause outrage in Russia. "It is very unpleasant to be living in a society that thinks you are sick and backward, and where you can be fired from work just for being gay," he said.
"At any moment, someone can chop your head off," that's how he described the fear many homosexuals in Russia have to cope with on a daily basis.
The 26-year-old trained doctor came to Germany as an as asylum seeker in April 2013. He turned to Quarteera when he arrived. Quarteera, an organization for Russian-speaking homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals in Germany, didn't give him much hope of staying. They told him that Germany had yet to grant asylum status to a Russian attempting to escape the homophobic atmosphere in Russia. But Pavel decided to try and has been allowed to stay in Germany.
"Homosexuals in Russia have never had it easy"
Discrimination against homosexuals is openly accepted in Russia. In June 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a nationallaw against "homosexual propaganda," which caused outrage in Germany and in other EU states. The law has made it illegal to portray homosexuality in a positive light in the presence of minors or in the media. The crime is punishable by imprisonment or monetary fines.
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RUSSIA..
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!
I’m not sure what that photo has to do with the article...
I’m okay with that.
This just in: Obama offering asylum for all Russian gays.
Stupid homosexuals. How does anyone know you are homosexual? If you keep it to yourself then there is no problem.
Russian tea houses and Turkish bath houses. How continental.
I was going to wait for confirmation that they are female before I said that.
Ok, so Russia isn’t all bad.
The article leads with the bit about possibly being terminated from a job.
Then it briefly mentions the law preventing the indoctrination of MINORS into the homosexual lifestyle.
Drama queens.
Only their doktor knows for sure.
I’m sure they will all get I-69 refugee visas from the Obama Administration to come here...
Maybe Russia and Germany can set up a homeschoolers for homos exchange program.
I’ll confirm if you like.
I’m beginning to wonder if Pooty Poot would give me a refugee visa.
Where in this world is it good to be a Jew?
Have no fear the RATS will have them here in time to vote in next years election.....by hook or by crook.
Batman: “I bet Wonder Woman was really surprised!”
Superman: “Not nearly as surprised as The Invisible Man!”
I’d bet that if this gay Russian guy hadn’t been a doctor, he wouldn’t have gotten asylum in Germany either. If he was a gay bartender or construction worker, he wouldn’t have gotten any asylum, wanna bet?
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