Our thoughts today are with Dmitry Isakov, an amazing Russian human rights organizer who was just convicted for producing “gay propaganda.”
Last summer, he stood on a square with a sign reading, in part, “being gay and loving gays is normal.” His sentence: a fine of around $120. Oh, and did we mention that his parents were the ones who dispatched the police to arrest him?
“I will not stop,” the 24-year-old told a reporter. (Amazingly, he appears to have no interest in boycotting vodka. Imagine that!)
Dmitry is a profile in bravery. But if you want to see cowardice, look no further than the International Olympic Committee, which is still whimpering pathetically about being non-political.
How about we take this to the next level?
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What will it take to convince the IOC that it is not “political” to oppose the wholesale oppression and destruction of an entire group of people? On what planet is it “political” to state that loving gay people is normal?
Of course, it’s possible that the IOC and their corporate sponsors aren’t really a bunch of cruel homophobes, or even a bunch of weak-willed atrocity-sympathizing sycophants.
With billions of dollars on the line, we’re sure their silence is simply motivated by other important i$$ues.
2eo
Cue the usual “nothing is happening in Russia” from the Brighton bedsit scumbag.
jimbryant
Dmitry is amazing. Wonder what those scummy Olympic athletes will do when they go to Sochi in February for the Winter Games.
Billie Jean King should be ashamed of herself for going there.
KittyLitter
“(Amazingly, he appears to have no interest in boycotting vodka. Imagine that!)”
-We get it. You not only have a hardon for that diver but also for stoli vodka.
God, they must be paying you a lot.
Kangol
What a brave young man. All international gay organizations need to stand with Dmitry and other Russian gay people, and every gay person who goes near the Olympics should speak out on Russia’s horrendous anti-gay laws.
Donna W. Ferreira
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frubino
When Russia finally come to his senses!!! They act like a monkey.