Showing posts with label #Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Olympics. Show all posts
2/19/14
2/13/14
2/11/14
2/9/14
Bisexual Dutch Ireen Wüst won the 3KM today. Speaking loudly with her skates, she reminds the world that all people are equal
Openly gay speedskater Ireen Wüst took the gold today in the women's 3000-meter race, becoming the first out athlete to medal at the Sochi Olympics. Today's is her third Olympic gold medal.
2/6/14
2/5/14
2/4/14
John Carlos, Olympian who protested the treatment of African-Americans in 1968, offers advice to gay athletes and their allies
From Towleroad:
"They’re going to risk condemnation. They’re going to ridicule him in the early stages, until society wakes up and realizes that the individual is right and had a right to speak out for the issues that concern his life as well as so many others."
Carlos also has high praise for Billie Jean King and is glad that people of all races and sexual orientations see his act as an inspiration:
"Well, it makes me feel good. You know, we can’t put labels or tags on one another. All we can say is that we’re just human beings. And we should try to remember, regardless of what your ethnic background is, or what your sexual preference is, or what type of food you like, it doesn’t matter. It just matters that we all have the right to be who we are in this society. And we need to keep fighting to make sure that there’s an even playing field for all people that are being oppressed."
1/30/14
Quote of the day: "There are 5 Olympic rings but only 4 openly gay Winter Olympians"
There are 5 Olympic rings but only 4 openly gay Winter Olympians-- Kevin Liles-USA TODAY Sports
Something from Russia...this one with love
I found this cute JPEG on tumblr, done by a Russian artist.
1/25/14
Saving face: there are reports that Russian MPs are considering revising their anti-gay laws before the Sochi Olympics
From Gay Star News:
Russian MPs from several political parties have submitted a proposal to amend the country’s anti-gay propaganda law, according to Queer Russia.
If the proposal is signed into law, it would ban the promotion of any sexual relations to underage children. Currently only the promotion of ‘non-traditional’ sexual relations, such as same-sex partnerships, is forbidden.
MPs from the country’s political parties United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Communist Party submitted the proposal on Friday (24 January).
The bill would exclude the term ‘non-traditional’ from the title of Article 6.21 in the Code of Administrative Offences, ‘Propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations’. Similar amendments are also proposed in two other laws relating to the protection and rights of children in Russia
1/21/14
Beyond the protests of LGBT activists, Putin faces many formidable challenges in making the Sochi Winter Olympics a success
Leon Aron writes:
Putin’s expectations for a triumph may run into a stone wall of reality. Many are bracing for a disruption, even disaster. The Sochi games will be the first Winter Olympiad held in the subtropics and not unrelatedly, the gap between what has been needed by way of infrastructure and what was already available had never been as deep and wide. It is also beset with protest; it’s the first Olympics to be held in an area of mass expulsion of an indigenous people, whose descendants accuse Russia of genocide. Perhaps most hazardously of all, it is the first (and almost certainly the last) Olympiad to be held within a few hundred miles of a low-intensity but deadly jihad. Indeed, this is without a doubt the most precarious Olympiad ever attempted, for reasons of geography, climate and infrastructure—but also for the way the regime has chosen to address these challenges. Will Putin’s triumphalist narrative prevail? Maybe.
12/19/13
12/8/13
Elton John rails against the Russian government anti-gay laws while touring that country. He's principled and gutsy!
He also dedicated the show to Vladislav Tornovoi, 23 years old, was beaten to death, assaulted, and left naked in a courtyard.
11/7/13
The New York Times invites gay Russians to write about their lives, and what it finds isn't pretty...
Read this article from the New York Times: "On Holding Hands and Fake Marriage: Stories of Being Gay in Russia"
This is where America has in the 1960s. We must speak out for our Russian LGBT brothers and sisters, especially as that country is hosting the Winter Olympics next year and the World Cup in 2018.
11/5/13
All Out beautifully shows the hypocrisy of the International Olympic Committee in not condemning Russia's anti-gay laws
I think Russia's Putin has been surprised that the LGBT won't be bullied and are pushing back against his bigoted, hateful laws. That's why you find him, in TV interviews, claiming that Russia protects its "sexual minorities." More than anything, he wants to be seen by the world as a great leader and continue to hold onto political power at home. So he continues to use anti-gay laws to prop up his popularity with conservatives at home, while trying to sidestep international condemnation.
He can't have it both ways and wasn't seen the full extent of our justifiable rage. The Olympics will be a teachable moment for him and other homophobic political leaders.
10/29/13
Putin's promise of the day...and we will hold him to it
"We are doing everything, both the organizers and our athletes and fans, so that participants and guests feel comfortable in Sochi, regardless of nationality, race or sexual orientation."--Russian president Vladimir Putin, speaking today to Thomas Bach, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee.
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