News Gay Russian TikTokers Arrested, One Deported for 'LGBTQ+ Propaganda' Gela Gogishvili and his boyfriend Haoyang Xu were recently arrested for their TikToks and YouTube videos. April 07 2023 4:56 PM
Television Russia Censored Jennifer Coolidge's Iconic 'White Lotus' S2 Scene Censorship definitely makes things worse. January 12 2023 3:30 PM
Sports gallery Brittney Griner's Russian Prison Saga: Everything You Need to Know The out WNBA star and basketball icon had a long, harrowing ordeal with the Russian court system. December 08 2022 9:28 AM
Television Anti-LGBTQ+ Russian Propagandist Launches 'I'm Not Gay' Reality Show Plot twist: the show is very, very gay. April 26 2022 1:51 PM
News Hackers Put Vladimir Putin in Drag for Meme, Posted on National TV The Gay Clown Putin meme was repurposed by hackers with an anti-war message in all the colors of the rainbow. March 08 2022 1:10 PM
Film 'Eternals' Director Chloé Zhao Hopes Film Isn't Censored Overseas Eternals features Marvel's first gay superhero, and Zhao wants to make sure everyone sees that. October 25 2021 2:35 PM
Film 'The Eternals' Got An 18+ Rating in Russia for Featuring Gay Superhero This will be the first Marvel film to be rated anything higher than 16+ in the country. September 27 2021 2:36 PM
News Teens Held a Mock Execution of a Gay Man in Front of a Live Audience The skit used antigay slurs and outraged both the audience and organizers. September 02 2021 1:51 PM
Sports Tom Daley Perfectly Responded to Homophobic Russian TV Hosts The hateful hosts referred to the Olympic champion as a "British homosexual" after his second medal win at this year's Olympic games. August 09 2021 11:35 AM
News Russian TV Hosts Mocked LGBTQ+ Olympians With Wigs, Slurs Some took particular issue with transgender Team New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard. August 04 2021 12:01 PM
News A Russian Printer Thinks BTS Pictures Are 'Gay Propaganda' The owner reportedly declined an order featuring the popular K-pop group, suggesting the band was too "overtly gay" and "a threat to children." July 14 2021 1:18 PM
News Shirtless Men at Russian Award Show Spark Gay Propaganda Investigation Russia has strict, anti-gay morality laws, and a recent stunt from Dava and Filipp Kirkorov might have violated them. June 09 2021 12:40 PM
Film Film with Gay Sex Scene Dropped From Moscow Film Fest The creator said he believes the film "scared" organizers. April 27 2021 12:51 PM
News Russian Officials Detain, Return 2 Gay Men to Chechen Authorities The two men had escaped torture in the republic for their LGBTQ+ activism and running an opposition Telegram channel. February 05 2021 10:40 AM
Pride Gay Artist Flies Giant Pride Flag Over The Kremlin in Russia Talk about getting a message across. August 19 2020 1:29 PM
Politics U.S. Finally Sanctions Chechnya's Leader After "Gay Purge" Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly orchestrated the human rights abuses within the Russian-controlled territory. July 21 2020 2:20 PM
News Putin Makes Good on Promised LGBTQ+ Crackdown New legislation will ban LGBTQ+ adoptions and close loophole allowing recognition of same-sex unions registered abroad. July 15 2020 1:06 PM
Politics Rainbow Ice Cream Accused of 'Gay Propaganda' in Russia But the owners assert that they are just as homophobic as anyone else. July 07 2020 2:00 PM
Politics U.S. Embassy in Russia Raises Pride Flag In Defiance of Homophobia It comes as the country votes to further institutional and systemic anti-LGBTQ+ practices. June 26 2020 11:00 AM
News European Officials Pressure Russia to End Chechnya’s Gay Purge It's the first meeting of its kind since reports of kidnappings, torture, and murders ramped up in the region. September 24 2019 11:13 AM