Isn’t this sweet? Matt Lauer and the team at nbcnews sent us a postcard from Sochi Olympic!
NOW PLAYING ON NBC! Olympic Hunger Games: SOCHI!
The horrifying story of a maniacal despot who runs rough shod over the human right to free speech and assembly. Aided and abetted by his “Partners” in crime, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Dow Chemical, Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Panasonic, Samsung, Omega, Visa, Atos, Putin terrorizes Russia’s LGBT community, with a little help from Neo-Nazi friends. Do not expect this to show on NBC.Created by Scott Wooledge, of #CheersToSochi, the social networking campaign challenge sponsors of the Sochi Olympic games to speak out for global LGBT equality.
Watch 3-min “The Road To Sochi” a summary of the principles and ideas that drive the #CheersToSochi campaign. Sochi sponsors SILENCE = DEATH.
IOC A-OK with Russian lesbians being “kicked, chocked, and threatened with sexual violence” while in police custody. #CheersToSochi READ: http://bzfd.it/1aHrTFD
This is a bootlegged copy of a UK documentary “Hunted” about violence and persecution of LGBT people in Russia. It is likely to go down soon, so watch and share it now.
YouTube About:
On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia is officially welcoming gay athletes and spectators. But in a country where it’s thought only 1% of gay people dare to live completely openly, it appears to be a hollow gesture.
This extraordinary Dispatches documentary has gained unique access to the vigilante gangs that target gay men and women. The film depicts a country troubled by disturbing violence and distressing intimidation.
Six months after the Russian parliament unanimously passed a law to protect children from ‘non-traditional’ relationships, this film explores the terror that gay people in Russia are calling 'hunting season’.
VIDEO from today in Russian: Day 1 of SOCHI 2014 Winter Olympic Game and human rights violations are already on tape. Video shows #LGBTpeople exercising free speech and Russian cops rounding them up. #CheersToSochi.
Bloody rings outside the Russian consulate on the eve of the Olympics games. “Sochi is a scam! The whole world is watching!"
Queer Nation Olympic Protest at Russian Consulate Feb. 6. Condemning Russia’s war on gays, the inappropriate choice of the International Olympic Committee allowing them to host the games, and sponsor’s complacency to human rights abuses.
Queer Nation NY statement on Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful,” diversity Super-Bowl commercial.
“The LGBT community already has a gay version of a Coca-Cola ad and it’s been a viral sensation, as Coke well knows. At more than 90,0000 views on YouTube it has been embraced by people in 170 different countries around the world.
It’s nice that Coke has made another ad, but if reports are true it only aired in LGBT-friendly western markets that’s a shameful act. Coca-Cola still has not lifted a finger to help the persecuted LGBT community of Russia. And that will remain a stain on their brand for years. Coke needs to come out of the Russian closet with the company’s support for all LGBT peoples’ human rights.
Scott Wooledge, Queer Nation member and creator of #CheersToSochi Coca-Cola video for #LGBT Russians.
Watch Video From Queer Nation#CheersToSochi Coca-Cola ad for #LGBT Russians - “The Real Thing for Russia’s LGBT community includes brutal violence, complete oppression of the basic human right to speech, assembly and expression. Coke cares only about their Sochi profits.” Queer Nation NY
Closing in on 100,000 views! Over 165 countries worldwide!
(via queernationny)
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