Global LGBT Recap: Nigeria Jails Gays, Russian Orthodox Spox Calls for Criminalization Referendum
…in a new film, “Young and Gay in Putin’s Russia,” which is being released online in five installments this week by VICE, “a global youth media company.” Actor Ian McKellen helped organize a letter signed by 27 Nobel laureates encouraging repeal of Russia’s anti-gay laws and asking the government to take steps to protect members of the LGBT community. On January 10, just a few weeks before the February 7 opening ceremonies for the Olympics in Soch…
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