Europhilic, homophobic
May. 14th, 2009 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pallas_athenaThe mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, has forbidden a planned gay pride march to take place this Saturday-- the same day Moscow hosts the Eurovision Song Contest final. He has, however, permitted an anti-gay protest to go ahead on that day.
Moscow's police chief, Vladimir Pronin, said “It’s unacceptable – gay pride parades shouldn’t be allowed.” Of course, that was before he got sacked when one of his senior officers went on a killing spree. This Times article suggests Luzhkov's head may be next on the block. Not a moment too soon, methinks.
The Dutch Eurovision entry has threatened to boycott the final if violence is used against gay marchers, as has happened in the previous two years.
The organisers of Slavic Pride speak up here.
Meanwhile, someone needs to sit the Moscow mayor down and explain a bit of history to him:
Tchaikovsky
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Nureyev
Eisenstein
and more.
Moscow's police chief, Vladimir Pronin, said “It’s unacceptable – gay pride parades shouldn’t be allowed.” Of course, that was before he got sacked when one of his senior officers went on a killing spree. This Times article suggests Luzhkov's head may be next on the block. Not a moment too soon, methinks.
The Dutch Eurovision entry has threatened to boycott the final if violence is used against gay marchers, as has happened in the previous two years.
The organisers of Slavic Pride speak up here.
Meanwhile, someone needs to sit the Moscow mayor down and explain a bit of history to him:
Tchaikovsky
Diaghilev
Nijinsky
Nureyev
Eisenstein
and more.