Tag: Moscow

In August 2012, the Moscow City Court upheld a ruling which banned Pride parades until 2112. That’s 93 years from now. The court cited that Moscow Pride creates the possibility of public disorder, due to the lack of support for the queer community from the public. The first Pride parades in Moscow took place in 2006, 2007 and 2008. They were bombarded with homophobic attacks. In 2009, the Russian LGBT Human Rights Project organized a parade at the last minute, avoideding...

The prankers' group of the channel ChebuRussiaTV decided to conduct one very interesting social experiment right in the streets of Moscow. The idea of this experiment was born when the president of the USA legalized gay marriage nationwide in June 2015. So, Russian prankers (these guys aren’t gays indeed) decided to check passerbys' reactions to homosexual couples walking the crowded streets and main square of Moscow hand - in - hand. All reactions, rude words, and even, some violent actions...