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Moscow officials say they have rejected a request to hold a gay pride event in Russia’s capital city.

Russia’s government, aided by the Russian Orthodox Church, are capitalizing on general anti-gay hatred to fast track a law that would essentially make being publicly gay illegal.

Masked men stormed a gay club, injuring three people in what independent monitors say was the seventh violent attack against gays reported this year.

After the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot has been given a two-year prison sentence for protesting inside a Moscow cathedral, Associated Press takes a look at crime and punishment laws around the world.

A Russian court upheld a ruling by a lower court to ban gay pride parades in Moscow until May 2112. Yes, two thousand and one hundred twelve A.D.

Russian police say they have detained dozens of anti-gay protesters and gay rights activists during a gay pride rally in central Moscow.

Lieutenant Dan Choi was among the 18 activists arrested in Moscow on Saturday, May 28, as they tried to defy a ban on Pride marches in the Russian capital.

Moscow has directly defied a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights in banning a planned Pride celebration in the city. Moreover, Moscow authrotities announced the ban on May 17--the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).