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"March of the Sexual Majority" to rock Moscow on Wednesday
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Posted on 06/05/2007 10:07:23 AM PDT by Rodney King

"March of the Sexual Majority" to rock Moscow on Wednesday

Jun 5, 2007, 16:31 GMT

Moscow - A week and a half after gay activists were attacked by nationalists across from Moscow's City Hall, a group of rock acts were preparing to play a gala concert in support of heterosexuality.

The March of the Sexual Majority, organized by the lead singer of a Russian rock group called Neschastny Sluchai (Unfortunate Incident), is to include acts ranging from the popular band B-2 to actor Gosha Kutsenko.

Hyped by an ad campaign of posters featuring two gingerbread cookie-shaped figures - the woman with a white circle over her uterus - the concert was to take place Wednesday evening in south Moscow club B1 Maximum.

Organizers say the concert stands for 'life on earth,' while the city's gay community has called it homophobic.

Last month, gay activists were beaten by nationalists and Russian Orthodox demonstrators as they attempted to file a request with Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov to hold a gay pride march.

Police briefly detained a number of the activists, including European lawmakers. Luzhkov earlier this year called gay marches 'satanic.'

Alexei Kortnev, the Neschastny Sluchai lead singer who is in charge of the concert, has told Russian media the event is 'heterophilic' rather than homophobic.

'We are organizing (the concert) exclusively for entertainment purposes, because it's fun,' Kortnev told Moscow radio station City FM.

The concert is to include at least 10 performances, as well as an exhibition of erotic photography, a modelling photo session and games and prizes allowing the audience to 'grow rich not only spiritually but materially,' according to B1 Maximum's web site.

'The March of the Sexual Majority unites those who are concerned about the situation that has developed in modern ethics, aesthetics and the raising of children,' a promotional notice reads.

Most Russians take a hard line against homosexuality, and even President Vladimir Putin has hinted gays could do more to help the country's demographic situation, with Russia losing about 700,000 people each year.

But web site Gay.ru has called the concert 'an attempt to give ... status to the softer forms of homophobia.'

'LGBT citizens are actively discussing the idea of announcing a boycott on the club,' the website said, adding that gays were subjected to insult, discrimination and violence.

By chance, the club that occupied B1 Maximum's space last April was the scene of a clash between gay clubgoers and a group of 150 nationalists and Orthodox believers who blocked the entrance to the club.

Kortnev, for his part, has said if the concert - with tickets ranging from 600 rubles (23 dollars) to 4,000 rubles - was a success, more could come.

'The faces and bodies of glossy magazine covers, the honour and conscience of our epoch, sharing 'natural' values,' will be in attendance, the club's web site promises.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: heterodoxy
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1 posted on 06/05/2007 10:07:24 AM PDT by Rodney King
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To: Rodney King; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; ...
You Just Can’t Make This S*it Up, PING!!!!
2 posted on 06/05/2007 10:12:30 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (RIP Eric Medlen. You will be missed.)
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To: Rodney King

Sometimes the Russians do things where I can just nod satisfied and agree with them.


3 posted on 06/05/2007 10:13:52 AM PDT by SolidWood (Save America: Thompson/Hunter 2008)
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To: Rodney King
A week and a half after gay activists were attacked by nationalists across from Moscow's City Hall, a group of rock acts were preparing to play a gala concert in support of heterosexuality.

I take it T.a.T.u won't be performing there.

4 posted on 06/05/2007 10:14:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: dfwgator
TATU? You mean these girls? :


5 posted on 06/05/2007 10:23:06 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Rodney King

Yep, but there really aren’t lesbos IRL, just a concoction of a Svengali manager.


6 posted on 06/05/2007 10:24:07 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Rodney King

Makes me wonder if Russia will ever get around to improve their demographics situation (without importing Muslims).


7 posted on 06/05/2007 10:30:52 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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To: SolidWood

= )


8 posted on 06/05/2007 10:31:37 AM PDT by RachelFaith
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To: dfwgator

TaTu were one and done for export to the West. Faker than fake.. musically and otherwise. NEXT !


9 posted on 06/05/2007 10:32:47 AM PDT by RachelFaith
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To: RachelFaith

I just remember when one of the girls wore a T-Shirt that said “F War” in Russian on The Tonight Show.

And I only know a little bit of Russian, but I sure knew what that shirt said.


10 posted on 06/05/2007 10:37:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Rodney King

They can ‘celebrate’ anal sex but if we want to bring up the fact that we don’t we’re somehow hateful? That’s some fuzzy math if I’ve ever heard any.


11 posted on 06/05/2007 10:39:24 AM PDT by bpjam (Harry Reid doesn't represent me. I'm an American!)
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To: Rodney King
Luzhkov earlier this year called gay marches 'satanic.'

Luzhkov is right.

13 posted on 06/05/2007 10:48:43 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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That’s what pains me about Putin. The Western World and Russia need to unite to fight the threat of Islamo-Fascism, but Putin can’t see past the old Russian paranoia about the West.


14 posted on 06/05/2007 10:50:35 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Rodney King
... 'heterophilic' rather than homophobic.

My Russian Dictionary is more than 40 years old, and not unabridged, so I'm not even going to look to see if these words existed before the iron curtain fell. But I DO appreciate that if a word like "homophobic" can be foisted upon us, so can a word which conveys its opposite, in a positive manner.

15 posted on 06/05/2007 10:53:38 AM PDT by LantzALot (Yes, it’s my opinion. No, it’s not humble.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Homophobia is the term they like to use to put down anyone not agreeing with their agenda.

I think its time we start using hetrophobia to describe them for in so many ways they are afraid of normal people.

16 posted on 06/05/2007 11:06:32 AM PDT by mouser (run the rats out its the only hope we have)
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To: Rodney King

We need some concerts like that here in the USA.


17 posted on 06/08/2007 5:24:43 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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