~~January 26, 2014~~

There is no way that anyone on the face of this earth can tell me that this is right!

There is no way that this is done because it’s god’s mandate. This is simply to powerful controlling the less powerful … this is simply another way of persecution. Government controlling a smaller portion of their population under the guise that “It is what it should be”.

~~WHAT COULD YOU DO TO EXPRESS YOUR DISLIKE OF RUSSIA’S LAW~~

1. Petition to place ELENA MIZULINA and VITALY MILONOV on the visa ban list for their role in creating Russia’s ban on “gay propaganda”

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/put-elena-mizulina-and-vitaly-milonov-visa-ban-list-their-role-creating-russias-ban-gay-propaganda/mYMFcF9W

2. Petition the OBAMA administration to grant LGBT Russians automatic refugee status in the United States.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-lgbt-russians-automatic-refugee-status-united-states/Mln0TKtd

3. Petition Coca-Cola, VISA, Procter&Gamble, Samsung, and Panasonic to stand for Human Rights and pull sponsorship from the 2014 Winter Olympics.

https://www.change.org/petitions/coca-cola-visa-procter-gamble-samsung-and-panasonic-stand-for-human-rights-and-pull-sponsorship-from-the-2014-winter-olympics

Below are a list of major sponsors and their twitter handles, voice your outrage!

NBC Olympics: @nbcolympics
Coca Cola: @cocacola
McDonalds Corp: @mcdonaldscorp
Samsung: @samsungtweets
Omega: @omegawatches
GE: @generalelectric
Visa: @visa
Panasonic: @panasonic
P&G: @pgeveryday
Atos: @atos

4. Petition Team USA/United States Olympic Committee to boycott the Winter 2014 Olympics in Sochi Russia

http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-olympic-committee-boycott-the-winter-2014-olympics-in-sochi-russia

5. Petition the UK to boycott the Russian Winter Olympics

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/52656

7. Petition to Boycott Winter Olympics 2014:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/calling-us-boycott-2014-winter-olympics-russia-due-discrimination-pres-putin-against-glbt/1fPVSjYB

8. Petition Winter Olympics 2014 Sponsors to condemn anti-gay laws

https://www.change.org/petitions/stand-against-russia-s-brutal-crackdown-on-gay-rights-urge-winter-olympics-2014-sponsors-to-condemn-anti-gay-laws

9. Petition the IOC to relocate the 2014 Winter Games to Vancouver

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/international-olympic-committee-ioc-relocate-the-2014-winter-games-to-vancouver-2

10. Flood the Russian desk at the U.S. State Department with calls and voice your opinion. Write to Secretary Kerry and ask him to take action.

Direct line to Russian Desk 202-647-9806 or Main Switchboard: 202-647-4000 TTY:1-800-877-8339 – ASK for Russian Desk. Tell them you want Russian lawmakers banned from entering the U.S.A.

11. Boycott travel to Russia, it is not safe anyway! And while you’re at it, boycott Russian goods & products such as caviar, vodka and matryoshka dolls.

CAVIAR: If you know the brands, please share below

VODKA – List of Russian vodkas currently available in the US:

Dovgan, Gold Symphony, Standart, Hrenovuha, Kauffman , Kubanskaya, Moskovskaya, Narodnaya, Pyatizvyozdnaya, Putinka, Rodnik, Ruskova, Russian Standard, Shustov, Starka, Stolnaya, Youri Dolgoruki.

The two best known Russian vodkas are Russian Standard and Stolichnaya.

OIL: Lukoil is a Russian-owned oil company that bought Getty Oil.

SPORTS: The Brooklyn Nets basketball team is majority owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who also has 45% interest in the Barclays Center (Sorry, Jay-Z does NOT own the nets.)

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/05/nba_board_of_governors_approve.html

Full credit/Full read: http://socalsocialclub.com/m/blogpost?id=6405675%3ABlogPost%3A47268

Parts 1 & 2 …… youtube videos

Young and Gay in Putin’s Russia (Part 1/5)

Published on Jan 13, 2014

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin banned gay “propaganda” in June last year, Russia’s LGBT community went from being a stigmatized fringe group to full-blown enemies of the state. Homophobia becoming legislation means it’s now not only accepted in Russia but actively encouraged, which has led to a depressing rise in homophobic attacks and murders.

The main aim of the law, which essentially bans any public display of homosexuality, is to prevent minors from getting the impression that being gay is normal. Which means that, if you’re young and gay in Putin’s Russia, you’re ostracized and cut off from any kind of legal support network.

Young and Gay in Putin’s Russia (Part 2/5)

Published on Jan 14, 2014

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In part two we meet 17-year-old activist Nikita who has been labeled a “propagandist” because of his YouTube channel about LGBT rights. Part of his activism deals with teaching young homosexuals how to protect themselves online, particularly against vigilante groups like the neo-Nazi Occupy Pedofilyay who arrange meetings with gay men and teenagers, then make YouTube clips in which they abuse them, using methods ranging from “urine therapy” to fatal assaults.