New York Times: Andrew Miller, a member of the group Queer Nation, which was involved in the protests against Mr. Gergiev at the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall, said: “The issue is not whether Valery Gergiev has gay friends or co-workers, but rather that he has been an ardent supporter of Vladimir Putin, for whom he campaigned. It is Putin’s anti-L.G.B.T. laws, which have essentially made being gay illegal in Russia and led to arrests of and horrific violence against gay Russians, that he must denounce if he wants to be a true friend of the L.G.B.T. community. Until then, he is merely Putin’s collaborator.”