Campaign Of Hate, The: Russia And Gay Propaganda

By: Amos Lassen

As we here in America have begun to feel freer and have more rights, the same cannot be said of Russia. In fact, as I write this, we are nearing the end of the Olympics in Sochi, Russia and even more aware of the anti-gay feelings and legislation there. As recently as just last year "the Russian parliament passed a ban on so-called "gay propaganda" that effectively makes nearly any public discussion of gay equality a crime". In Moscow, gay pride parades are illegal for the next 100 years and adoption of Russian children is forbidden to ant country that allows gay marriage. The LGBT community is the target and the scapegoat in the campaign against the "decadence of the West" and we fear that the worst is yet to come. There have been attacks against gay people and suspected gay people and there are videos in which we can see the torture of gays and yet we really only get the headlines and we understand that the situation is much worse than we can even imagine.

Gay porn filmmaker and former Russian citizen, Michael Lucas, brings us a new documentary about the situation of gays in Russia. This is an in-depth look at what is really going on with the LGBT community in Russia and the film offers first-hand accounts of what it is like living under the current political circumstances.