With the 2014 Winter Olympics upon us, all eyes are on Russia. To an arguably greater degree than many of this year's predecessors, however, many...
Major Olympics sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa and McDonald’s continue to remain silent on Russia’s “gay propaganda” law, which passed last year and restricts the freedoms of...
“I am a beer for uber hetero men who ride horses while topless and carrying knives. I am a beer to mark the 2014 Winter...
“That’s why he stood up for the rights of LGBT individuals.” —Secretary of State John Kerry, in a statement regarding Ambassador Mike McFaul, who has...
“We filmed these groups with their knowledge, and what I found shocking afterwards was that only a few asked to have their faces disguised. They...
”Hosting the games here contradicts the basic principles of the Olympics, which is to cultivate tolerance.” — Pavel Lebedev, speaking with the Associated Press by...
The State Department issued a travel alert Friday warning Americans planning to travel to Russia for the Sochi Winter Olympics to “remain attentive regarding their...
President Obama said Friday that the composition of the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, “speaks for itself,” while specifically naming two...
The number of out gay athletes part of the U.S. delegations to the Sochi Winter Olympics increased to three Thursday after Brian Boitano came out...
The White House is downplaying any message of condemnation of Russia’s anti-LGBT law that could be perceived from the composition of the U.S. delegations to...
Top United States officials will not attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, this February, signaling a continued strained relationship between the two countries over...
The country’s top diplomat to the United Nations called Russia’s anti-LGBT law “as outrageous as it is dangerous” during a Tuesday meeting with LGBT-rights activists...
“I’m convinced that our thoughts materialze. If you’re afraid of something, sooner or later you’ll have to face it. There’s no point hiding. And why...
An anti-LGBT group that was set to meet on Capitol Hill Friday to discuss what America could learn from Russia’s newly enacted law prohibiting “propaganda...
In the comfortable second-floor meeting space of Dupont Circle's Le Mirch restaurant Wednesday evening, Nov. 13, the conversation had zero to do with anything so...