Two thugs break lesbian activist’s nose in Russia for holding gay rights protest

[Old Union Guy]

Two thugs break lesbian activist’s nose in Russia for holding gay rights protest
She is known for holding posters that say: 'Homosexuality is normal'
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/two-thugs-break-lesbian-activists-nose-in-russia-for-holding-gay-rights-protest/

Two thugs have learned that you can break a girl’s nose, but that won’t stop her from protesting for LGBTI rights.

Irina Fet, a leader in LGBTI rights in Russia, was beaten up on Sunday evening in central Moscow. She is widely known for her protests for equality in the city.

While on her way home at the weekend, two thugs shouted at her and called her a ‘faggot’.

The attackers then started throwing punches, kicking her and breaking her nose. They only stopped when a passerby spotted the attack and shouted. Fet called up a friend, who was thankfully near by, and helped her get home.

Fet has repeatedly called for rights for LGBTI people in Russia.

In 2009, she and her partner called for the Moscow registry office to give them a marriage license. The couple then went to court after court to try and get it legalized. After being turned down again and again, Fet married her partner in Canada and then filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

She is known for holding posters saying: ‘Homosexuality is normal’, as well as ‘I am proud of my homosexuality. Ask me about it’.

This attack follows an assault on a trans man in St Petersburg last week.

The nationwide ‘gay propaganda’ law was enforced in Russia in June 2013.

So it's not just bad law, it's "unofficial" fascist thugs too.

[Behind the Aegis]

1. It is very frightening watching this happen.

I know among the international groups, there are many people who are starting to get really worried, moreso given the Ukraine excursion because it will provide a cloud, so to speak, in which they can brutalize their own "degenerates" without too much scrutiny.

[LostOne4Ever]

2. What is happening in Russia is just sad

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]But it is great that brave people Like Ms. Fet are standing up to bigots like that.

Hopefully, one day those two assholes that attacked her face justice![/font]

[nomorenomore08]

3. I remember the recent video "experiment" with the gay male couple holdings hands in Moscow and

some large city in Ukraine. In the latter case, only a few folks gave them trouble, whereas in Moscow they faced far more hostility and verbal abuse.