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Chicago Activist Arrested At Moscow Gay Pride Event

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First Posted: 05/31/11 04:07 PM ET Updated: 07/31/11 06:12 AM ET

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Story courtesy of the Windy City Times

Gay Liberation Network ( GLN ) co-founder Andy Thayer is among several people who have been arrested for participating in a banned gay-pride event in Moscow, Russia, organized by GayRussia, according to ChicagoPride.com.
The event took place May 28 in downtown Moscow.

Despite a decision last fall by the European Court of Human Rights that the Russian government's bans of previous Pride events were in violation of the Russian Constitution's guarantee of freedom of assembly, authorities have again barred Moscow Pride this year, according to a GLN press release. In 2009, Thayer was among those arrested at a pride event in that city.

"It is testimony to the courage of GayRussia organizers that they have chosen to go forward with Moscow Pride, despite the authorities' illegal ban on Pride and the lack of every legal protection for Russian LGBTs—of their jobs and housing, for example," said Thayer in the statement.

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Story courtesy of the Windy City Times Gay Liberation Network ( GLN ) co-founder Andy Thayer is among several people who have been arrested for participating in a banned gay-pride event in Moscow, ...
Story courtesy of the Windy City Times Gay Liberation Network ( GLN ) co-founder Andy Thayer is among several people who have been arrested for participating in a banned gay-pride event in Moscow, ...
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08:54 AM on 06/01/2011
Couldn't care less, traveling around the World to fight for rights you don't have at home. Waste.
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02:44 PM on 06/02/2011
Who's to say you can't fight for them at home as well as abroad? Would you advocate that we just ignore or turn a blind eye to prejudice abroad, because we have the sames one at home?
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12:03 AM on 06/01/2011
My response to the Obama administration's comment on Moscow Pride 2011 -- http://www.feastoffun.com/topics/news-rumors/2011/05/31/moscow-pride-2011-a-response-to-the-obama-administrations-statement/
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