Apple fined by Russian court for extremist 'LGBT content'
This is not the first time Apple has run afoul of Russian authorities for refusing to censor content under Putin.
May 20, 2025
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Love In Putin's Russia
Life for gays and lesbians in Russia is clandestine and convoluted. But the country is inscrutable to the West, so it may be impossible to seek civil rights advances like anything we'd imagine. Photographs by Davide Monteleone
January 17, 2014
Putin's PR Contradicts Reality
Russia's president claims no one is discriminated against and no one is hurt by antigay laws -- meanwhile, arrests continue.
January 19, 2014
Maddow to Putin: Ha! Take That!
Rachel Maddow says the U.S. delegation to the Russian Olympics seems like a snub.
December 18, 2013
Putin Stays on Antigay Offensive
Equating same-sex relationships with 'traditional' families is like equating belief in God with belief in Satan, the Russian president said Thursday.
September 20, 2013
Call to Elton John: A Big Putin-On?
Two Russian comedians say it was them, not President Vladimir Putin, who called Elton John to discuss LGBT rights.
September 16, 2015
The Advocate's Person of the Year: Vladimir Putin
Driving the governmental, religious, and popular disdain for gays and lesbians, the Russian president became the single greatest threat to LGBTs in the world in 2014.
November 6, 2014
Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The controversial Russian president is one of 278 nominees for the honor, a list that includes Pope Francis and whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning.
March 5, 2014
New Yorker Cover Lampoons Putin
The cover depicts the Russian president as an Olympic figure skater, being judged by a 'jury of his peers' -- all Putin.
January 28, 2014
Vladimir Putin Has Gay Friends?
The Russian president contends that he can't be homophobic because he has gay friends and would like to meet Elton John.
January 20, 2014
Putin Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Russian president Vladimir Putin may be considered for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
October 2, 2013
PHOTOS: Protesting Putin on a Global Scale
Activists rallied as part of an international protest last week against Russia's "gay propaganda" law and others targeting the rights of LGBTs.
September 9, 2013
Putin: Tchaikovsky Was Gay? So What?
Putin says Russians like Tchaikovsky's music even though he was gay.
September 4, 2013
PHOTOS: Spain Puckers Up for Putin
Anti-Putin protesters stage a kiss-in in front of the Russian embassy in Madrid today.
August 23, 2013
PHOTOS: Anti-Putin Protests Spread
Outrage over Russia's antigay policies, signed into law by President Vladimir Putin, was on display in London, Stockholm, and Antwerp this weekend.
August 12, 2013
Why Trump's Putin Fixation Is an LGBT Problem
The man Trump so admires oversaw a ban on LGBT "propaganda" and allowed the murder of gay men in Chechnya.
July 27, 2018
Hundreds Arrested for Anti-Putin Protests in Russia
Thousands of protesters celebrated Vladimir Putin's birthday on October 7 by marching through streets calling for his ouster.
October 8, 2017
This Week in The Resistance: Putin's in Drag, But Not Everybody's Smiling
From Harvard to Twitter, Trump and his Russian frenemy are really getting on people's nerves.
April 13, 2017