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LGBT News American runner Nick Symmonds dedicates medal (won in Russia) to LGBT friends

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Revan, Aug 14, 2013.

  1. Revan

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    https://secure3.convio.net/hrc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1693

    Please note the link does lead to another one of those signature things, similar to a petition but it's actually more to give Symmonds a "high five" for doing this.
     
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    Didn't realize there was another major athletics competition going on in Russia right now. Nobody seems to have talked about it in the media, are there no LGBT tourists there or is it not big enough to pose those kinds of problems?
     
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    The event's big enough to get on the news, it's just that not many people outside of the athletics/sport world pay lots of attention to it, so while we've been talking about the Olympics, it's just kind of slipped under the radar.