A surprising bit of news from my home town of St. Petersburg came across my Twitter feed this afternoon.

According to the Fontanka online newspaper, the Krasnogvardeyskiy neighborhood court convicted married couple Ilya Vasil'yev and Yulia Semkina of robbery. Which in on itself wouldn't be big of a deal. But these two didn't just rob anyone. They ( Read more... )

On Saturday, May 28th, a Moscow gay rights organization attempted to hold a Gay Pride parade after the city administration denied them the permit to protest. They planned to march to the Eternal Flame, a Russian monument to all unknown Soviet soldiers who died during World War II.

It went about as well as you would expect. Federal law enforcement ( Read more... )

The results of this quiz will surprise you.

http://www.radaronline.com/quiz/2008/06/rappers_pastors_homophobia_50_cent_jerry_falwell_01.php