Gay Reporter Kicked Off Kremlin Network After Protesting Anti-Gay Law

Reporter James Kirchick was kicked off the air of Russian TV Wednesday after he refused to talk about Bradley Manning and instead spoke about the Russian government’s anti-gay laws. “Being here on a Kremlin-funded propaganda network, I’m going to wear my gay pride suspenders and speak out against the horrific, anti-gay legislation that Vladimir Putin has signed into law,“ Kirchick said. RT is funded by the Russian government, which recently passed a sweeping law that bans the public discussion
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