Yesterday, April 26, Elena Milashina, the Russian journalist who first revealed Chechnya’s systematic torture of gay men in the publication Novaya Gazeta, went into hiding following death threats. It is believed that the threats were partly motivated by a widely publicized sermon in which 15,000 people were present at a Chechen mosque where Muslim clerics called…
Tag: LGBT rights
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of same-sex marriage after a long, conflicting battle. The decision made the United States the 21st country to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, granting LGBT citizens a huge victory in their fight for equal rights. By establishing this new civil…