Tag: Russian gay propaganda law
Oliver Stone defends his support for Russian law meant to persecute LGBTQ people
American director Oliver Stone has deflected criticism over his recently calling of Russia’s 2013 anti-gay propaganda law “sensible” by stating that neither he nor Russian President are anti-LGBTQ.
Stone called Russia’s law “sensible” during his recent interview with Putin. In the interview, Stone decried the “unhealthy Western culture” of young people identifying as genderqueer and transgender. Putin agreed, stating, “They live too well. They have nothing to think about.” Then the interview continued:
Oliver Stone: Years ago when we were talking about...
Russia rips children from their dads under ‘gay propaganda’ law
For the first time, Russia has used its 2013 federal law prohibiting “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships” to split a male same-sex couple from their legally adopted 12- and 14-year-old sons.
The fathers brought their sons to a Moscow hospital in June over a suspected case of appendicitis. Doctors then alerted the Investigative Committee of Russia, and the Committee later charged the adoption agency with “negligence” for allowing the kids to be adopted by a gay man in 2010.
The Committee’s...
Director Oliver Stone tells Putin that Russia’s anti-gay law is “sensible”
Oliver Stone — the director best known for JFK, Natural Born Killers and the George W. Bush biopic W — recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said of Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law, “It seems like maybe that’s a sensible law.”
In an interview transcript released by the Kremlin on Friday, Stone and Putin had the following exchange:
Oliver Stone: As you know, I’ve been very rebel all my life. Still am. And I have to tell you, I’m shocked by...
