Skift Take
This boycott has some growing pains to go through before it becomes a viable movement, but on its way it must be sensitive to the concerns of gay Russians still living in the homeland.
After the passage of a Draconian anti-gay law in Russia, a US-based gay advocacy group is calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in the Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea.
Rusa LGBT, a Russian-speaking group based in New York City, organized the campaign shortly before this year's gay pride parade in New York City.
"Do not go to Sochi. Do not support state-sponsored hate and witch hunts. Do not sponsor the Sochi Olympics," the group implored in a June 21 press release. "Let the Russian government know that the world will not tolerate federally mandated homophobia and persecution."
One hundred fifty supporters marched with Rusa LGBT at the pride parade June 30, holding signs that read, "Anti-gay laws in Russia force people to leave!'; "Putin, blood on your hands!'; and "7 gays were murdered in 2013!"
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