Award-winning German playwright rejects invitation to Moscow over anti-gay laws - PinkNews.co.uk

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A German playwright has joined in an international boycott of Russia because of its anti-gay laws, after he refused to visit the country for a performance of his play.

Marius von Mayenburg, turned down the invitation to visit Moscow to give a masterclass, and attend a staging of his work.

He cited the federal law which bans the promotion of “non-traditional relationships”, as his reason for declining, and noted a solidarity with his LGBT friends.

“I work with a lot of artists of non-traditional sexual orientation who are my friends, who I have ties with and who I feel responsible for,” von Mayenburg said in a letter to the Moscow’s Theatre of Nations, and to the Territory international contemporary art festival.