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A gay couple wearing matching T-shirts printed with an image of Vladimir Putin, featuring a moustache in the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag, walk arm in arm during the STOP HOMOPHOBIA demonstration in Berlin on August 31, 2013. The protest, organized by the group ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, called for a boycott of the Sochi Olympics over Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws.
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    Lori Gruen and Alice Crary
  • War and Peace
    Part 2: My Convictions
    James Carroll
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    Different People
    Andrei Krasniashchikh
  • Gender Politics
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    Joseph Matthews
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