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A Russian teen was put into rehab by his father after he came out of the closet after his grandmother tried an exorcism.

A judge from St. Petersburg, Russia, cleared a straight married man from being charged under the city’s controversial "homosexual propaganda" law.

Madonna announced that she will speak out against St. Petersburg’s "gay propaganda" law during a scheduled concert in the city.

A 27-year-old Russian man fled his homeland and sought asylum in America after experiencing gay bashings.

The 2014 Winter Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia, will not have a gay Pride House thanks to a ruling by a Russian Judge.

St. Petersburg’s government passed a bill this week that can fine LGBT citizens and groups up to $16,000 for spreading "homosexual propaganda."

St. Petersburg, Russia, recently passed an anti-gay law that bans its LGBT citizens from "promoting homosexuality." The bill would prohibit them from speaking, writing, reading and reporting about LGBT issues.

A furniture-maker from Lithuania took to Facebook and commented on an article about Lady Gaga criticizing the country’s government. The man begged for "another Hitler" to "exterminate gays."

The Russian airline Aeroflot allegedly forced a gay flight attendant to marry a woman in order to keep his job after he created an LGBT organization.

Three Russian gay activists were arrested under the "homosexual propaganda law" for participating in a picket in a northern region in European Russia.