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DESCRIPTION:Call to Action!  RALLY to PROTEST RISING REPRESSION of LGBTQ COMMUNITY and 
 OTHERS in RUSSIA\n\nWhen the 2014 Winter Olympics open in Sochi, Russia, 
 the world will smile at the gathering of elite athletes striving to ski and 
 skate for gold. But beyond the Olympic spotlight, millions of Russians are 
 subject to increasing repression. Led by President Vladimir Putin, the 
 government has passed a law forbidding even neutral expression regarding 
 “non-traditional” sexuality and is considering a law to remove children 
 from gay or lesbian parents. With bans on peaceful protests, the increasing 
 repression of leftists, feminists, and others who oppose nationalism or 
 xenophobia, the safety of LGBTQ athletes and visitors to Russia is 
 imperiled, and the institutionalized suppression of information leaves 
 Russian LGBTQ youths to lead lives of isolation, desperation, and suicide. 
 \n\nThe Olympic Charter prohibits discrimination of any kind, and even 
 though that value is ignored when the Olympics are staged in the U.S., the 
 International Olympic Committee’s choice of Russia is worrisome because 
 brutal violence against sexual minorities and immigrants is growing at an 
 alarming rate. The possibility of fascism is on the horizon. We call on the 
 Bay Area LGBTQ community, human rights activists and those concerned with 
 repression abroad and at home to rally with us to take a stand.\n\nRally in 
 solidarity with Russian LGBTQ people and in  defense of human rights at 
 home and abroad! \nBigotry is not a family value!\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/05/18750378.php
SUMMARY:Rally to Protest Repression against LGBTQ Community and Others in Russia
LOCATION:UN Plaza, San Francisco, 7th and Market Streets, near Civic Center 
 BART/Muni
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/02/05/18750378.php
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