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Posted: 5/1/2012 11:33:42 AM EST
Gay rights activists march and wave flags during a rally in Moscow May 1, 2012. Russians took to the streets in thousands on Tuesday to mark International Worker's day, local media reported. The signs read (L-R) "Gay is not a profession, gay is thousands of professions", "Forbid the propaganda of hate" and "Value my work, don't climb into my bed". REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 9:02:17 AM EST
Russian police detain a gay rights activist during a protest in St.Petersburg May 1, 2012. Seventeen gay rights activists were detained in Russia's second city on Tuesday, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:42:31 AM EST
Russian police detain a gay rights activist during a protest in St.Petersburg May 1, 2012. Seventeen gay rights activists were detained in Russia's second city on Tuesday, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:36:40 AM EST
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone speaks at a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:35:10 AM EST
London Mayor Boris Johnson listens during a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:33:22 AM EST
Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London Brian Paddick speaks at a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:29:16 AM EST
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone listens during a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:27:38 AM EST
Green Party candidate for Mayor of London Jenny Jones speaks at a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/14/2012 10:24:48 AM EST
London Mayor Boris Johnson speaks at a mayoral candidate hustings event organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall at the BFI in London April 14, 2012. London's mayoral elections will take place on May 3, 2012. Reuters/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS HEADSHOT)
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Posted: 4/13/2012 6:15:07 AM EST
A Russian policeman observes a gay rights activist during a lone picket outside Russia's Duma, lower house of parliament, in Moscow April 13, 2012. The placard reads "Sexual enlightenment against obscurantist propaganda" REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)
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Posted: 4/13/2012 6:05:11 AM EST
Russian police walk past a gay rights activist during a lone picket outside Russia's Duma, lower house of parliament, in Moscow April 13, 2012. The placard reads, "Loving a member of the same sex is not a crime. Inciting hatred towards homosexuals - Statute 282. Observes your own laws." REUTERS/Mikhail Voskresensky (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 6:30:44 AM EST
A gay rights activist holds a board which reads, "Homophobia is illegal", during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 6:29:35 AM EST
A gay rights activist holds a board displaying 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 6:27:12 AM EST
A gay rights activist holds a board displaying Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, who lived and worked at the end of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century, during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 6:02:24 AM EST
A gay rights activist holds a sign up to a window of a police minibus, after being detained for taking part in an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians, in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. The sign reads: "A lady friend of our family is a lesbian. Together with my wife, we love and respect her. Her way of living is as normal as ours. And her family is socially equal to ours". REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:57:01 AM EST
Gay rights activists look on after being detained for taking part in an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. The board reads, "No to the hushing up of crimes towards gays and lesbians". REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:55:43 AM EST
Interior Ministry officers detain a gay rights activist during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. The board reads, "No to the hushing up of crimes towards gays and lesbians". REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:45:43 AM EST
Gay rights activists share a kiss during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:43:41 AM EST
Gay rights activists share a kiss during an unsanctioned protest rally to defend the rights of Russian gays and lesbians in St. Petersburg April 7, 2012. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
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Posted: 3/29/2012 6:00:47 AM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2006 file photo, poet Adrienne Rich addresses dinner guests after receiving the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 2006 National Book Awards sponsored by The National Book Foundation in New York. Rich, whose socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, gay rights and anti-war activists, has died. She was 82. Rich, who had lived in Santa Cruz since the 1980s, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at her home. Her son, Pablo Conrad, says she died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)
