Gay Activists During Homophobia Protest at Russian Elections

Russian gay activist Nikolai Alexeyev (above) and more than a dozen others were arrested while protesting anti-gay Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov during the elections in Russia yesterday. UK Gay News reports: "We were trying to vote," said Moscow gay pride organiser Nikolai Alexeyev, speaking from the police station where he was detained. "Men from the special services pushed us outside the polling station, put us in a bus and drove us to a police station." The group arrived at the polling statio

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