The highest court in Moscow has upheld a 100 year ban on gay pride parades.

  • http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli

    Where’s the international outrage over this?

    • Antinous / Moderator

      When you notice that your neighbor has developed rabies, it’s hard to get excited about any one symptom.

    • http://www.batshite.com/royalflush Scott Bartlett

      AllOut has done some excellent work. They’re over 1,000,000 strong and has brought significant pressure to bear on Russia for these kind of policies.

      http://www.allout.org/en/about

  • CHilke

    But 101 years from now, it’s time to Par-TAY!

  • http://twitter.com/missshenna Lithi

    Russia seems to be back on the downslide to re-criminalizing homosexuality. Bet the bill for that will pop up within the next year.

    In all seriousness one can’t expect almost 60 years of societal beliefs to be eradicated in less than 20. Hopefully the younger generation will be more tolerant and keep that mindset as the old guard dies out.  

    (Edited because my math was wrong, sorry.)

    • Antinous / Moderator

      It’s getting worse. With Putin’s successful President/PM shell game, I think that it’s safe to say that Russia has fully returned to totalitarianism.

      • http://twitter.com/missshenna Lithi

        Besides, Putin probably looks like shit in assless leather chaps. (Now I have this image of him in just that leading Medvedev around in a leash with a spiked collar and a ball-gag in his mouth. Someone kill me.)

        • http://twitter.com/rvitelli Romeo Vitelli

           ”Someone kill me”   Take a number.

  • gtronsistem

    i think there needs to be a Pussy RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Antinous / Moderator

      I’ll settle for a cock fight.

      • jackbird

         Wow, how long have you been waiting to use that one?

        • http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

          I can’t speak for Antinous but I pull that one out every chance I get.

      • awjt

        Maybe so, but I am still much more worried about all the rotting warheads sitting in silos, heh heh heh.

    • SomeGuyNamedMark

      I’ll never get tired of hearing the BBC newscasters saying “Pussy Riot” in their serious tone.

    • benher

      Very well, you may have your riot.Just… keep it quiet.

  • Brainspore

    Aw nuts. I was kind of hoping this going to be a story about ban established 100 years ago, because that would actually go a long way toward explaining the mindset.

    • http://twitter.com/ErnestValdemar Ernest Valdemar

       I had the same thought, and was trying to imagine a potential 1912 Gay Pride parade, all velvet cravats and Trilby hats and flashy silk-lined waistcoats.

  • dioptase

    Well, there’s the solution right their in your title!  Hold gay shame parades.  Dark clothes, somber music, slow march.  Use it to shame Moscow.  At least it’ll make a point.  But there will be one huge drawback.

    Won’t be as much fun.

  • http://fungibleconvictions.com/ Andrew Whitacre

    So…you just call it a Gay Shame Parade and it’s okay, right? From the court decision: “Все гомосексуалисты должны конвертировать свои CMYK радужные флаги в оттенках серого.” Or roughly, “All homosexuals must convert their CMYK rainbow flags to grayscale.”

  • BarBarSeven

    So basically, in 2112 it will be safe to be gay in Space Russia? This completely explains the imagery of Rush’s seminal album: 2112!!!!

    • t3kna2007

      Attention all LGBT of the Russian Federation!

      • BarBarSeven

        You know how 1984 was really an analogy about life in 1948? Then 2112 is an analogy about life in 2012. Rush? Russia? It all MAKES SENSE!!! THINK ABOUT IT!