Blog Entry 1

  A couple weeks ago on August 9th, 2012, Madonna performed live in Russia. As many of you know, Madonna has always been a huge supporter of the GLBT movement. During her live show in Russia, she spoke out to the Russian GLBT community, which has been badly discriminated against in that country. The singer told the audience that she was "here to say that the gay community here and all around the world have the same rights to be treated with dignity, respect, tolerance, compassion and love."  You can hear her full speech in this youtube video. 
  Now, A Russian anti-gay group is suing the pop icon for over $10 million. The group is claiming that the lawsuit is for "Moral damage suffered by St. Petersburg residents."  Russia recently passed a law banning "propoganda or sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors."
  Back in March, Madonna said that she would speak about it during her upcoming show. 
  Alexei Kolotkov, one of the people who filed this (in my opinion) asinine suit made the comment that "after Madonna's concert maybe some boy becomes gay, some girl becomes a lesbian, fewer children are born as a result and this big country cannot defend its borders- for me it causes moral suffering." 
  From what I've seen in my philosophy class, that's the most unsound argument I've ever seen. The premise that people who went to that concert will magically transform into gay people is completely wrong, Every major scientific institution is in agreement that being gay is something that cannot change. You can't just "become" gay.  
  To me, this is all some asinine stunt to perpetuate these negative, bigoted, and completely wrong myths about the GLBT community in Russia; who've had it hard enough with the recent hundred year ban on GLBT related events. It looks like a smear campaign to me, and if I had any respect for these people in the first place, it's gone now.
You can read the full story here, on Huffington Post.
  Hope to see you at Moscow Pride, 2112.