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'It's a huge human rights event. The Gay Games are changing the world'
Guardian (UK) ^ | August16, 2014

Posted on 08/16/2014 6:45:48 PM PDT by Steelfish

'It's a huge human rights event. The Gay Games are changing the world' Athletes from around the world have spent the past week in Cleveland at the Gay Games, the world’s largest LGBT-friendly athletics event. Skyler Reid found a festival on the up Gay Games An audience member waves a rainbow flag during the opening ceremonies. This year’s Gay Games drew nearly 8,000 participants. Photograph: Skyler Reid

Four years ago, Konstantin Yablotskiy was not looking to change his life. He had travelled to Cologne to attend the Gay Games, an LGBT-friendly athletics festival. He was a figure skater, not an activist. Most of his friends or family did not even know he was gay. But then he took to the ice in front of a fully accepting audience, receiving whistles and applause on as he spun to a mid-tempo jazz number, later earning gold and silver medals for his performances.

He watched athletes from around the world competing openly, unafraid of expressing their orientation. Before Yablotskiy left, he decided that he would would organize an LGBT athletics organization in his home country, Russia.

When he returned to the Gay Games this year, Yablotskiy was leading a team of 33 athletes representing the 1,000-plus membership of the Russian LGBT Sports Federation.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda
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To: boycott

never heard of that before.


21 posted on 08/16/2014 7:10:25 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: cripplecreek

The dung punchers are no longer annonymous. Btw, is turd burglaring/dung punching one of the events?


22 posted on 08/16/2014 7:11:23 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure Bathhouse Barry participated in plenty of gay games himself when he was frequenting Man’s Country.


23 posted on 08/16/2014 7:12:21 PM PDT by Cato in PA (Resist!)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Butt Darts are similar to the old Lawn Darts......


24 posted on 08/16/2014 7:12:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: boycott

You’re kidding! Don’t know how that screwed him up, especially how it affected the women he’s attracted to, but I fully believe he’s homosexual now. Why was his mother so screwy?


25 posted on 08/16/2014 7:13:38 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: manc
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-barack-obama-transgender-nanny-living-indonesia-overwhelmed-celebrity-article-1.1035331 some_text You really cannot make this stuff up. He's got one really very twisted background.
26 posted on 08/16/2014 7:16:29 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Steelfish

He’s going to organize an LGBT sports organization In Russia? Don’t think Putin will allow it. Yay, Putin!


27 posted on 08/16/2014 7:16:32 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Steelfish

How do they prove they’re gay? Wait... I don’t want to know.


28 posted on 08/16/2014 7:16:53 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: boycott

Here’s a link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-barack-obama-transgender-nanny-living-indonesia-overwhelmed-celebrity-article-1.1035331


29 posted on 08/16/2014 7:17:11 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

WHAT!!!

Sick, just sick but thank you for posting this as I will spread this photo about if you don’t mind.


30 posted on 08/16/2014 7:19:54 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: NetAddicted

The story about barack’s nanny has been out there a long time. His mother was one twisted woman.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9123366/Barack-Obamas-transsexual-nanny-Evie-in-fear-for-her-life-in-Jakarta-slum.html


31 posted on 08/16/2014 7:22:30 PM PDT by boycott
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To: manc

Here you go. It was posted on Free Republic a few years ago.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2856261/posts

Lots of my conservative friends doubt me when I tell them and I just tell them to google it for themselves.


32 posted on 08/16/2014 7:25:44 PM PDT by boycott
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To: Steelfish

“The Gay Games are changing the world”

World population = 7.046 billion

Gay games participants = 8000

8000 is 0.000114285714286% of 7000000000 or

8000 is 0.000114285714285% of 7000000000.05

I don’t think so.


33 posted on 08/16/2014 7:28:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: boycott

thank you so much and very much appreciated.

I know where you are coming from about telling others.
I tried to tell people here about the girl scouts, abortion and a cross dresser and they couldn’t believe it at all.

I had to get them links and info and still some refused to believe it.

Seems some just can’t get it.


34 posted on 08/16/2014 7:30:07 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: jsanders2001

Who is she? I keep seeing her in FR posts. Beautiful.


35 posted on 08/16/2014 7:30:39 PM PDT by willk (everyone)
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To: willk

She is best known for us not having seen her boobs. Jennifer Lawrence.


37 posted on 08/16/2014 7:33:29 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Steelfish

Gay Games are bigoted. The hate transgender games,..like,...Bronies????


39 posted on 08/16/2014 7:37:22 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Steelfish

The Special Olympics are really special. It gives special people something to be proud of. So gay people now have their own Olympics because? Or is this the Southpark meaning of word “gay” (awful, stupid). I.E. Dude! That is so gay! Then it makes sense. Gay Olympics.


40 posted on 08/16/2014 7:37:33 PM PDT by willk (everyone)
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