Tag: anti-gay campaign
Man Who Survived Chechnya’s ‘Gay Purge’ Shares His Harrowing Story
A man who miraculously survived Chechnya's relentless anti-gay campaign has stepped forward to share his horrific, distressing story.
For 12 days, Maxim Lapunov said he was held captive in a blood-soaked cell, beaten, threatened, and humiliated by authorities.
The 30-year-old man, originally from Siberia, had been living and working in Chechnya for two years. Then, one night in March, he says he was kidnapped by two men in a car.
By his account, he had been taken to a police facility, where...
Gay dads’ photo used in anti-gay campaigns, they respond in the best way
Two gay dads in Toronto, Canada are fighting against the use of their photo in anti-gay surrogacy campaigns by encouraging others to share images of love on social media.
The image, which captures the emotional moment BJ Barone and Frank Nelson met their son Milo for the first time, quickly went viral when it was published by photographer Lindsay Foster two years ago.
However, the pair were stunned to see the image being used without permission in an anti-gay campaign by...
