RUSSIA: Moscow's Mayor Links Gays to Spread of AIDS

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RUSSIA: Moscow's Mayor Links Gays to Spread of AIDS

Reuters (12.04.08) - Thursday, December 11, 2008

At an AIDS conference in Moscow recently, the city's mayor lashed out at gays and lesbians and played down the role of condoms in offering protection against STDs. "We have banned, and will ban, the propaganda of sexual minorities' opinions because they can be one of the factors in the spread of HIV infection," said Yuri Luzhkov. "Some home-grown democrats consider that sexual minorities are a major indicator and symbol of democracy, but we will continue to ban the spread of their views." Russia decriminalized homosexuality in 1993, though tolerance is not widespread.
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