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Shots Fired at Moscow Gay Nightclub

Shots Fired at Moscow Gay Nightclub

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No one was injured, but the attack continues the spate of antigay violence in Russia.

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Two men fired shots in a Moscow gay nightclub Saturday, an attack considered part of the pattern of recent antigay violence in Russia.

The men threatened patrons at the Central Station club, and when an employee tried to keep them out, began shooting, reports website Queer Russia. No one was injured, but bullets damaged the club's front door. The men escaped, but the club has surveillance video that its management hopes will lead to arrests.

There have been several other attacks on the club, and managers have appealed to police for additional protection, the site reports.

There has been much antigay violence in Russia since the passage last summer of a national law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors, essentially a ban on any positive discussion of LGBT rights or identities.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.