22:31 – Alexander was born in the old Soviet Union and he has won Eurovision in the capital of the old Soviet Union. Congratulations, Norway! Congratulations, Alexander!
The show from Moscow has been magnificent and to be honest I am proud that on the other side of Europe there are people who can give to the whole of Europe such a wonderful show.
Let's hope that just in some years Moscow can become a friendly site for gays too. Alexander Rybak, the organizers of Eurovision in Moscow and Alexeyev and her woman in white had been great and I want to thank all of them. I end with the word that I have learned today through Eurovision and that it is now also the name of this post: SPASIBA!
(Who knows, I may begin to learn Russian. I just visited russianlessons.net)
18:45 ENG – Well in 15 minuts Eurovision begins! It is almost 21 pm where I am and I think it is almost 11 pm in Moscow. I wonder how they agree at what time to start Eurovision! OK, I leave this post and I go to watch the TV. I hope that Sweden wins although I am quite sure that the winner will be Alexander from Norway. The song is pretty, the voice is pretty and he is an angel!
15:49 ENG – HOMOPHOBIC BUS
It is terrible because the people on that bus at the end of this video are just in that bus because they fight for their rights!:
In the video there is a man from Chicago, from GAY LIBERATION. All these scenes remember me of Franco times.
14:50 CAS – En elmundo.es he leido el artículo más detallado sobre la protesta.
14:09 CAT – A es.euronews.net es por veure
la manifestacio d'avui. Clrament aqui tenim herois. No som molts per una ciutat com Moscou pero donades les circumstancies hostils son tot un simbol.
14:00 CAS – En eurofanscontralahomofobia.tk hay una lista donde se puede ver saber el grado de tolerancia hacia la cominuidad lgtb en los paises que participaran esta noche en Eurovision. Creo que esta muy bien saberlo pero creo que a la hora de votar podria ser un error tenerlo en cuenta porque los participantes son personas y estas personas pueden tener ideas diferentes a su pais. Asi, Masiel gano con LA, LA, LA, LA siendo España un regimen franquista pero no asi la ganadora. Lo digo porque parece que Grecia no sale bien parada en esta lista pero personalmente el representante de Grecia es un gay icon, segun he leido. Curiosamente Suecia sale muy bien parada o sea que una razon mas para votar a mi favorita! Por otra parte en www.adn.es leo que COLEGAS querria que Soraya hiciera algun gesto a la comunidad lgtb. A ver que pasa!
13: 52 ENG – I have found this video:
13:50 CAT – Ara hi ha un article a LA VANGUARDIA que parla sobre la protesta a Moscou i els detinguts. Sembla ser que al camarada Alexeyev ho han detingut per anar al costat d'un travesti. Intentare saber quin es aquest travesti, ocasional potser, perque em sembla tot un heroi. Anar vestit de dona en un lloc tan hostil te merit. Al telenoticies de TV3 no s'ha dit res sobre aquesta protesta.
11:36 ENG – Reuter Photos:
11:15 CAS – Acabo de dar con el email de la embajada española en Moscu: embespru@mail.mae.es Voy a escribirles para saber si España piensa protestar de alguna manera o si Soraya hara algun gesto a favor de los derechos de la comunidad lgtb
11:11 ENG – I just have visited pinknews.co.uk where I have left this comment: "I wonder what will happen this evening in Eurovision but maybe with just little gestures would be enough to show to the homophobes that gay people in Russia enjoy sympathy from the rest of Europe. Maybe it would be enough to dress with rainbow flags or wear flourescent rainbow collars, etc. JUST SOME DETAIL. If this does not happen then the rest of Europe will be justifying homophobia by just remaining silent! Greetings to the UK. Let homophobia not win EUROVISON!"
10:57 CAT – GAY.CAT se sent doblement discriminat a EUROVISIO. Per una banda la ciutat on es fa el festival tracta amb violencia als gais. I en segon lloc EUROVISIO nomes representa els estats. Per cert, es vergonyos el que ha fet TVE no nomes amb la censura de la copa del rei sino amb eurovisio aquests dies. Si tve hagues actuat d'una altra manera potser ara tiendriem a Andorra entre els finalistes. Pero es clar a TVE no li interessa que a Catalunya veiem a ANDORRA perque llavors ens adonem que TVE no ens representa.
10:54 CAS – Es increible pero en LA VANGUARDIA y en EL PERIODICO todavia no se hacen eco de lo que ha pasado en Moscu. Curioso es esto cuando Barcelona es la segunda ciudad mas gay de Europa segun no se que revista. Pero claro, que mas da que los gays no puedan pedir sus derechos por las calles de Moscu. En EL PERIODICO y LA VANGUARDIA debe pasar como en casi todo occidente: La homosexualidad no es un crimen pero esta escondida. Si no estuviera escondida es evidente que la noticia saldria en estos diarios.
10:43 ENG – In sky.com you can see a video of the protest and also this photo with Alexeyev and the white dressed friend:
10:18 ENG – WWW.GAYRUSSIA.RU
cannot be accessed at this moment I am afraid. I know that its hero, NIKOLAI ALEXEYEV was one of those detained. This could be read in http://thestar.com.my :
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dozens of riot police broke up a gay rights demonstration on Saturday before the Eurovision Song Contest final in Moscow, grabbing protesters and throwing them into police cars and a waiting bus.
Those arrested for taking part in the small demonstration, which had been banned by city authorities, included British and Russian campaigners.
Police detain Russian gay rights leader Nikolai Alexeyev after he arrived with a man dressed in a bridal gown at an unsanctioned gay rights protest in Moscow May 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
"There is no freedom for gays in Russia," British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell shouted as police bundled him away. "We call on President (Dmitry) Medvedev to meet with us."
Police pushed waiting reporters away as they arrested the gay and lesbian participants but there were no beatings.
Among those detained was Nikolai Alexeyev, a Russian gay rights leader. Alexeyev was walking with a person wearing women's clothes, whom he described as a friend. Police said they were arresting him for walking with a transvestite.
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has taken a hard line against homosexual protesters, once describing a gay rights parade as "satanic".
10:12 CAS – La prensa internacional se hace eco de que la manifestacion gay de Moscu ha sido dispersada con violencia. Aqui hay una foto de la bbc:
10:07 ENG – This could be read in AP:
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow police violently broke up gay rights demonstrations Saturday, detaining more than 20 protesters who denounced what they called Russian homophobia hours before the finals of a major international pop music competition.
About 30 activists gathered near a university in southwestern Moscow to protest discrimination against gays and lesbians in Russia. The group, which included British gay rights advocate Peter Tatchell, waved flags and chanted slogans, including: "Homophobia is a disgrace of this country!" and "We are demanding equal rights!"
About a minute after the protest began, riot police charged into the group and began to grab demonstrators, dragging them to waiting buses. Tatchell was talking with reporters when police hauled him away.
"This shows the Russian people are not free," he said.
Moscow is hosting the Eurovision song contest finals later Saturday. Europe's most prestigious pop music contest has drawn attention to gay rights in Russia, with some singers threatening to boycott the event if the gay pride parade was not allowed to happen.
Russian gay rights movement leader Nikolai Alexeyev was among those detained Saturday.
After the protest was over, riot police seized other gay activists who started to speak with reporters. Police ripped the shirt and bra off one woman, who identified herself as Ksenia Prilebskaya, and roughly pushed her into a police bus.
Eduard Murdin, 40, a human rights activist from the Russian city of Ufa, was flanked by two officers who pinned his arms behind him and marched him, head bent over, to a waiting bus. "All we wanted was a legal protest," he said as he was led away. "But we were blocked. What else could we do?"
"Freedom of expression for homosexuals," shouted Nikolai Bayev, 34, a gay rights activist from Moscow, as police took him away. Among those detained was Andy Thayer of Chicago, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network.
Police detained about six other gay rights activists at a separate demonstration across town and several anti-gay protesters rallying nearby.
City authorities had barred Saturday's rally saying it was morally wrong. Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov has described homosexuality as "satanic."
Luzhkov's spokesman Sergei Tsoi was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying Saturday that gay pride events "not only destroy moral foundations of our society, but also purposefully provoke disturbances that will threaten the lives and safety of Moscow residents and guests."
At an earlier rally close to the center of Moscow, about 50 demonstrators from nationalist and Orthodox Christian organizations denounced homosexuality. One man was detained when he accused officials in the Kremlin of being gay.
10:03 CAT – S'ha usat violecia contra els manifestants. GAY.CAT demana o be que es boicotegi EUROVISIO o almenys que es demani als cantants de paisos no homofobs que mostrin d'alguna manera el seu suport als drets dels gais que no ho obliden no deixen de ser drets humans. Us recordo que a eurofanscontralahomofobia.tk hi ha les adreces de l'embaixada i el consolat rus.
09:51 ENG – I read this breking bbc news:
Police break up Moscow gay march
Police in Russia have broken up a march by gay rights activists in Moscow, staged to coincide with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Several dozen campaigners had gathered near a university in defiance of a ban and several were dragged away by police when they tried to shout slogans.
The city authorities had outlawed the parade saying it was morally wrong.
Permission has been given for a counter-demonstration by nationalist and religious groups.
09:37 CAS – GAY.CAT empieza a escribir sobre el SLAVIC PRIDE '09 en MOSCU y sobre la final de hoy en EUROVISION. Habra mensajes cortos en castellano (CAS), catalan (CAT) o ingles (ENG). Tiempos GMT, o sea que hay que sumar dos horas para saber el tiempo que es Barcelona, por ejemplo.
09:37 CAT – Començo a escriure sobre la marxa gai a Moscou i Eurovisio. Seran missatges curts que poden ser en catala (CAT), castella (CAS) o angles (ENG). Temps GMT, o sigui que em de sumar dues hores per saber eltemps a Barcelona, per exemple.
09:37 ENG – Gay.cat begins to write about Slavic Gay Pride'09 and Eurovision through short messages here. The messages will begin with ENG, CAS or CAT depending on the language. Time GMT so that two hours have to be added to know the time in Venice, Berlin, Paris, Barcelona, etc.
In the video there is a man from Chicago, from GAY LIBERATION. All these scenes remember me of Franco times.
cannot be accessed at this moment I am afraid. I know that its hero, NIKOLAI ALEXEYEV was one of those detained. This could be read in http://thestar.com.my :
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dozens of riot police broke up a gay rights demonstration on Saturday before the Eurovision Song Contest final in Moscow, grabbing protesters and throwing them into police cars and a waiting bus.
Those arrested for taking part in the small demonstration, which had been banned by city authorities, included British and Russian campaigners.
Police detain Russian gay rights leader Nikolai Alexeyev after he arrived with a man dressed in a bridal gown at an unsanctioned gay rights protest in Moscow May 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
"There is no freedom for gays in Russia," British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell shouted as police bundled him away. "We call on President (Dmitry) Medvedev to meet with us."
Police pushed waiting reporters away as they arrested the gay and lesbian participants but there were no beatings.
Among those detained was Nikolai Alexeyev, a Russian gay rights leader. Alexeyev was walking with a person wearing women's clothes, whom he described as a friend. Police said they were arresting him for walking with a transvestite.
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has taken a hard line against homosexual protesters, once describing a gay rights parade as "satanic".
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow police violently broke up gay rights demonstrations Saturday, detaining more than 20 protesters who denounced what they called Russian homophobia hours before the finals of a major international pop music competition.
About 30 activists gathered near a university in southwestern Moscow to protest discrimination against gays and lesbians in Russia. The group, which included British gay rights advocate Peter Tatchell, waved flags and chanted slogans, including: "Homophobia is a disgrace of this country!" and "We are demanding equal rights!"
About a minute after the protest began, riot police charged into the group and began to grab demonstrators, dragging them to waiting buses. Tatchell was talking with reporters when police hauled him away.
"This shows the Russian people are not free," he said.
Moscow is hosting the Eurovision song contest finals later Saturday. Europe's most prestigious pop music contest has drawn attention to gay rights in Russia, with some singers threatening to boycott the event if the gay pride parade was not allowed to happen.
Russian gay rights movement leader Nikolai Alexeyev was among those detained Saturday.
After the protest was over, riot police seized other gay activists who started to speak with reporters. Police ripped the shirt and bra off one woman, who identified herself as Ksenia Prilebskaya, and roughly pushed her into a police bus.
Eduard Murdin, 40, a human rights activist from the Russian city of Ufa, was flanked by two officers who pinned his arms behind him and marched him, head bent over, to a waiting bus. "All we wanted was a legal protest," he said as he was led away. "But we were blocked. What else could we do?"
"Freedom of expression for homosexuals," shouted Nikolai Bayev, 34, a gay rights activist from Moscow, as police took him away. Among those detained was Andy Thayer of Chicago, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network.
Police detained about six other gay rights activists at a separate demonstration across town and several anti-gay protesters rallying nearby.
City authorities had barred Saturday's rally saying it was morally wrong. Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov has described homosexuality as "satanic."
Luzhkov's spokesman Sergei Tsoi was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency as saying Saturday that gay pride events "not only destroy moral foundations of our society, but also purposefully provoke disturbances that will threaten the lives and safety of Moscow residents and guests."
At an earlier rally close to the center of Moscow, about 50 demonstrators from nationalist and Orthodox Christian organizations denounced homosexuality. One man was detained when he accused officials in the Kremlin of being gay.
Police break up Moscow gay march
Police in Russia have broken up a march by gay rights activists in Moscow, staged to coincide with the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Several dozen campaigners had gathered near a university in defiance of a ban and several were dragged away by police when they tried to shout slogans.
The city authorities had outlawed the parade saying it was morally wrong.
Permission has been given for a counter-demonstration by nationalist and religious groups.
Halo Deustchland! Ich sehe das viele leuten von Deutschland besuchen dieses post. Ich verstehe ein bischen die Deutsche sprache so Deutsch commentäre sind wilkommen!