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Transgender activist Anno Komarov and gay activists Alex Kiselev and Nikolai Alekseev, founder of Moscow Pride, picketed recently with placards calling for tolerance of homosexuality: with slogans such as “Homosexuality – it’s natural and normal.” He cited Tchaikovsky, Sergei Paradjanov, Rudolf Nureyev and other prominent Russians.
The Russian authorities are taking a hard line on gay rights and have issued laws against gay propaganda to minors, which will be discussed at the UN in early 2012.