russia

Newly signed legislation bars single people from marriage equality nations from adopting Russian children and reiterates the prohibition on adoptions by same-sex couples.

Russian gay activist Nikolai Alexeyev's home was among the latest to be raided by prosecutors.

Despite pressure to boycott the Miss Universe pageant in Russia, Miss Universe will proceed as planned.

Responding to the International Olympic Committee's request for "clarification" about how Russia's anti-LGBT laws will affect Olympic athletes at the Winter Games in Sochi next year, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs today issued a statement confirming that LGBT athletes and spectators will be safe — as long as they don't discuss or disclose their orientation.

Lady Gaga put her neck out by proudly declaring her support for gay rights in Russia, a nation currently taking a far-right turn.

I like a good boycott. Chick-fil-A's CEO is an unabashed antigay donor? Fine, I don't need his deep-fried, sodium-chicken anyway. We even un-registered from Target for my 2010 wedding and switched to Bed Bath & Beyond because the CEO had donated to an antigay organization. The spouse and I are gangster like that. Quite frankly, I can thoroughly live the rest of my life without Russian vodka. I'm more of a craft beer or tiny winery type of gal, anyway.

Boldly defying a pending nationwide ban on so-called homosexual propaganda, activists launched what they say is the country's first magazine dedicated to the lesbian community. The independent quarterly publication, called Agens, hit stands in Moscow this month, according to Russian news outlet RIA Novosti.

Russian distributor Arthouse has acquired the rights to the film.

Olya Povlatsky has only been to Sochi once and it was to throw herself into the sea.

The out MSNBC anchor contends that 'a virulently antigay Russia' was 'made in America.'

The head of the National Organization for Marriage was in Russia arguing that gay parents are unfit to raise children.