During her August 9 concert in St. Petersburg and given the recent controversy over free speech in Russia, Madonna made a brave move by speaking out against the law banning pro-LGBT speech there.
Now, she could face a fine of $10.5 million for what she did.
Rolling Stone reports RIA Novosti, a Russian news agency, saying a group of activists has announced they will file a $10.5 million lawsuit for “moral damage” against the entertainer.
“We demand that she pay for moral damage suffered by St. Petersburg residents as a result of her actions during the show on August 9th,” a spokeswoman for the Union of Russian Citizens says. “We must defend our right to normal cultural life without propaganda of values and views that contradict the Russian culture.”
“Moral damage.” Really. Not a lot to be happy about in Russian news right now.
GODDAMMIT RUSSIA.
values and views that contradict the Russian culture.
FUCK YOU, GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY. YOUR SHITTY VALUES ARE SOMETHING THAT CONTRADICTS THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY, AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIAN CULTURE. YOU WANT RUSSIAN CULTURE? STUDY OUR FUCKING HISTORY. ST PETERSBURG USED TO BE SO LGBT FRIENDLY EUROPEAN HISTORIANS FREAKED OUT OVER IT, HOW’S THAT FOR RUSSIAN CULTURE. PETER THE GREAT HIMSELF WAS BISEXUAL, HE DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT BRINGING HIS MALE LOVER, IT’S ALL IN BOOKS, READ WHAT KAZIMIR FUCKING VALISHEVSKY WROTE ABOUT HIM. WHERE DOES YOUR “PERCEPTION OF RUSSIAN CULTURE” FIT WITHIN THAT?
Oh, also?
Leo Tolstoy = queer; Nicolai Gogol’ = queer; Anna Akhmatova = queer; Piotr Chaikovsky = queer; Rudolph Nureyev = queer; ENDLESS LIST OF QUEER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR CULTURE
I’m sorry for screaming, you guys. But not many things piss me off as much as stuff like this happening in my own country. I’m Russian, I’m queer, I’m gonna do things for our culture and our nation and DON’T YOU BITCH TELL ME THAT MY COUNTRY DOESN’T WANT ME BECAUSE I’M NOT STRAIGHT. IT DOESN’T WANT YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE A DISGRACE. THAT’S WHAT A COUNTRY DOESN’T WANT.
Madonna faces lawsuit for promoting LGBT equality in Russia
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