Gay Russians asked to bring rainbow flags to Sochi city centre
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Keep calm and carry on — slowly
An editorial about summer in the city at a sloth-like pace
Critics charge Montreal’s Divers/Cité Festival is abandoning its queer roots
Festival takes over city’s Old Port for second year, but director says event is still very gay
Russian booze boycott catching on around the world
Toronto gay bar dumps Stolichnaya vodka in protest of country’s anti-gay laws
Olympic committee claims athletes and fans will be exempt from Russia’s anti-gay laws
The Blitz book club: Disco Bloodbath
New York’s legendary dance club Splash to close
Series of send-off parties starts August 1; bar to close August 10
Ireland
Sort through the cliches about the Emerald Isle — and discard a few
No point boycotting Russian vodka, says Russian gay activist Nikolai Alexseev
Dan Savage: Where was Stoli’s CEO Val Mendeleev when anti-gay law was being passed?
US religious groups send legal teams to defend anti-gay laws in Belize
American presence exacerbates violence and homophobia in Belize, says Southern Poverty Law Centre
“Free and Equal” campaign launched in South Africa
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and UN campaign for legal reforms and public education
Gay activists stop work on AIDS relief programs in Cameroon over safety concerns
Call for foreign donors to improve security for gay people
First gay civil union in Columbia
Judge performs ceremony despite threats from inspector general
US schools can’t discriminate against transgender students
US departments of Justice and Education settle complaint
Conservative MP wants Canada to mandate internet filters to block porn
Joy Smith hopes to emulate British Prime Minister David Cameron’s web censor plan
Igniting the Flame
Regina the Gentlelady strikes a chord with her Light Fires debut album
High profile lawyers team up to prevent creation of evangelical law school
Trinity Western University forces students to sign anti-gay contract