Thread: Sochi Olympics and the Law against Gays in Russia +

Our country claims that the gay parades and stuff increase awareness and sensitivity. Here's how much it helps.

Reported hate crimes committed against individuals because of their sexual orientation increased in 2007 to 1,265, the highest level in five years. Of all hate crimes reported in 2007, the proportion committed against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals rose to 16.6 percent, also the highest level in five years. According to the FBI's HCSA reports, gay men and lesbians have consistently been the third most frequent target of hate violence over the past decade.

Hate Crimes Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Individuals - Confronting the New Faces of Hate

Yeah, all that awareness and sensitivity is really helping gay people... not.
Imo, Russia has the best gay laws in the world right now. America has the worst and it even affects people that aren't gay.
Firefighters ordered into ‘gay’ parade back in court

What happened to the firefighters human rights to Not be forced participate in a gay parade?
What happened to their human rights to Not be harassed by gay people?
How much did the gay marchers respect THEIR heterosexual orientation? - They didn't.

America got the gay but our city didn't. There's only 112,000 people here so there's not enough gays for a gay parade.

Originally Posted by UhOhXplode

Our country claims that the gay parades and stuff increase awareness and sensitivity. Here's how much it helps.


Hate Crimes Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Individuals - Confronting the New Faces of Hate

Yeah, all that awareness and sensitivity is really helping gay people... not.
Imo, Russia has the best gay laws in the world right now. America has the worst and it even affects people that aren't gay.
Firefighters ordered into ‘gay’ parade back in court

What happened to the firefighters human rights to Not be forced participate in a gay parade?
What happened to their human rights to Not be harassed by gay people?
How much did the gay marchers respect THEIR heterosexual orientation? - They didn't.

America got the gay but our city didn't. There's only 112,000 people here so there's not enough gays for a gay parade.

In the Baltic States they simply didn't have enough gay people to do a proper parade. And the gay people themselves did not want to be in the parade for the most part. So activists from the UK, Sweden and Germany went there to "help" them get started with gay parades. Lord almighty. Foreign ambassadors and people like Hilary Clinton came to make speeches. It's almost forced on them. Meanwhile all public polls show that nobody is interested. The ANTI-pride protest is usually bigger than the parades themselves as far as I understand. This all seems very un-spontaneous and almost forced.