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| 2013 St Petersburg Pride |
Vladimir Putin's killers have been trained to celebrate LGBT love but in a different way. The 2012 St Petersburg pride happened just as the city passed the "gay propaganda" laws. It went off peacefully. This year the gay propaganda law was enforced by police who allowed and participated in the beatings of the LGBT people.
Meanwhile in Russia they are also celebrating diversity and LGBT birthdays albeit a little differently
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36 Photos From Russia That Everyone Needs To See
1. St. Petersburg Gay Pride, 2013:
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3. What began as a peaceful march…
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4. …ended up turning incredibly violent as anti-gay protesters overtook the rally.
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5. A gay rights supporter is beaten to the ground.
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6. Smoke bombs are set off.
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7. Chaos ensues.
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8. A woman runs from the crowd.
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9. Two men flee…
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10. …but are eventually detained.
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11. In the end, police officers detained several of the gay activists.
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12. The 2012 parade ended the same way.
An anti-gay protester clashes with a gay rights activist.
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13. That event was also overrun by anti-gay protesters.
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15. Moscow, May 2013:
An unknown anti-gay activist hits Russian gay and LGBT rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev during an unauthorized gay rights activists rally in central Moscow.
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16. An unauthorized protest turns violent.
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17. Gay activists end up being detained.
The sign says, “Love is stronger than homophobia.”
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18. The 2012 Moscow gay pride was filled with more of the same…
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19. …more detained gay rights activists.
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20. June 2013: Gay rights activists hold a kiss-in in Moscow.
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21. The activists were protesting a new “gay propaganda” law. The law would introduce steep fines and jail terms for people who promote homosexual “propaganda” to minors.
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22. That event also ended violently.
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23. Russian police detained more than 20 gay rights activists…
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24. …as gay rights activists were pelted with rotten eggs.
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26. The same thing happened at a “kissing protest” in January.
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27. That event also turned bloody.
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28. More violence.
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29. An Orthodox activist pulls a gay rights campaigner’s hair.
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30. Unknown assailants attack a gay rights activist.
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31. Meanwhile, Russian lawmakers passed a bill barring same-sex foreign couples from adopting Russian children.
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32. The anti-gay propaganda bill became a law.
Arnout Brouwers