Posted on 07/10/2018 9:37:40 AM PDT by Ennis85
Six LGBT activists have found a way to fly the Pride flag in Russia - by wearing football shirts in the rainbow colours.
The country has had a law banning the spreading of "gay propaganda" among under-18s since 2013.
The Pride flag is a symbol celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, but displaying it in Russia can get you arrested.
The group got together and wore their nations' football tops around Moscow.
It meant the shirts of Spain, the Netherlands (who weren't in the World Cup), Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia collectively made the colours of the stripes of the Pride flag: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The flag is typically flown horizontally and looks like a rainbow.
Before the World Cup there were concerns about how LGBT people might be treated because of the country's legislation.
England fan Lee told us he was apprehensive about going, while British MPs also expressed concern about the safety of fans.
Since the start of the World Cup though, Russia has been praised for its hospitality.
The activists are Marta Márquez from Spain, Eric Houter from the Netherlands, Eloi Pierozan Junior from Brazil, Guillermo León from Argentina and Vanesa Paola Ferrario from Colombia.
They visited iconic places like the Red Square and the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, and also travelled on the underground and stood next to police officers.
Marta told Newsbeat: "Once we landed in Russia our first steps felt very scary, but little by little we realised that nobody knew what we were doing, so I started to relax, although I stayed alert.
"Over our five day visit there was no sense of real danger, nobody threatened us.
"Most people were very kind to us, especially the tourists who saw us as equals.
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It is very obvious that the left’s insane hatred of Russia erupted after Russia’s “Gay Propaganda Laws”. They were especially infuriated when Russia blocked Americans from adopting Russian children. I don’t blame Russia one bit for that move.
Russians actually want to protect their children, allow them to be kids and not sexualize them. Leftists and the Gaystapo can’t tolerate that concept.
It’s hilariously hypocritical how the left are always caterwauling about interfering in another nations affairs or culture, yet they believe they have the right to tell Russians what their homosexual laws should be.
The Left also never forgave Russia for abandoning Communism.
Spot on. Thanks for the reminder.
They just love their anal “sex” and disease.
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