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<\/p>\nEveryone here knows that I, and all of my colleagues hate homophobia. We do everything we can to campaign for true equality and that will continue, always. It is so sad that even in our own country we see examples of homophobia still. Because of this, we sometimes forget how far we have come as a society. Well, this rampantly homophobic pro-Putin election advert from Russia will soon wake you up.<\/p>\n
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Russians have been warned that they will be forced to take in displaced homosexuals if Putin loses.<\/p>\n
The three minute clip is meant to take place on March 17th, the day before the election. After forgetting to vote the main actor has a nightmare where he is told that at 52 he has been conscripted to the army as 60 is now the cut off age. <\/p>\n
He then sees a man in his kitchen wearing pink and polishing his nails<\/p>\n
When asked who he is, the young man tells him that he is \u201ca gay on a homestay,\u201d before the main character\u2019s wife reminds him of a new law that requires families to take in gay person who has been thrown out of their own home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t find himself a pair, then you\u2019ll have to be with him,\u201d the wife adds.<\/p>\n
The gay man then says \u201cthe law is the law\u201d, before he then suggestively eats a banana.<\/p>\n
I kid you not, this is real.<\/p>\n
The main character then \u2018wakes up\u2019 and finds he is lying next to the gay man. He then wakes\u00a0up for real, and in a panicked manner, tells his wife to\u00a0get out and vote\u00a0\u201cbefore it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n
I have to say, if this video was a parody it would be absolutely hilarious. And let me just say, before I wrote this piece I did plenty of research to check that I hadn’t happened upon a Russian comedic programme and taken it as real, and in doing so, made myself out to be a gullible moron.<\/p>\n
Nope, this seems a real attempt to talk about ‘strong Russian values’ and how awful it would be without Putin. It would be amusing if it wasn’t likely to be something that resonated with voters.<\/p>\n
Will this advert make a difference? Probably not. Hell, the votes are probably already cast, if you know what I mean. But it does go to show the prejudice gay people face in places like Russia.<\/p>\n
So no matter what homophobia you may see in your daily life, just remember that things are a lot better than they were. And FFS, at least you don’t live in Russia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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