{"id":10352,"date":"2018-06-16T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T08:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=10352"},"modified":"2018-06-16T14:12:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T08:27:57","slug":"russian-lgbt-activist-waves-rainbow-flag-at-world-cup-opening-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/russian-lgbt-activist-waves-rainbow-flag-at-world-cup-opening-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian LGBT activist waves rainbow flag at World Cup opening game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu (Pahichan) June 16 – The president of the Russian LGBT Sport Federation has taken a stand at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

In support of the struggling LGBT community in the country, Alexander Agapov waved a rainbow flag symbolising gay rights at the opening match of\u00a0the World Cup<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Every time his home team of Russia scored, Agapov waved the flag,\u00a0despite the potential risk to his safety if spotted by anti-gay supporters inside or outside of the stadium.<\/p>\n

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A close-up view shows the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup football tournament (MLADEN ANTONOV\/AFP\/Getty )<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI believe you should practice what you preach and, if I\u2019m telling LGBT football fans to be visible, then I should do it myself,\u201d Agapov told\u00a0the\u00a0Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach time the Russian team scored a goal I was waving the rainbow flag \u2026 I was showing my support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A general view of the Luzhniki stadium on August 29, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Lars Baron\/Getty)<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a bid to show support, England fans will display a Pride football banner when the English side play against Tunisia on Monday.<\/p>\n

Di Cunningham,\u00a0organiser of Three Lions Pride, an English LGBT soccer fan network, will unveil the banner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FA definitely wants it to be seen and wants us to go,\u201d Cunningham\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey have endorsed it. To create the banner we had to clear the use of the image\u2019s rights with them. We will also be wearing specially designed scarves with the same design. Both have the FA\u2019s endorsement. It\u2019s a very limited run. We are not allowed to sell them or make any more of them. The FA wants the visibility and association with LGBTQ+ inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

LGBT activist Peter Tatchell was arrested on the\u00a0first day of the World Cup<\/a>\u00a0for protesting Chechnya\u2019s concentration camps where gay men were allegedly killed and abused for their sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

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Hours later, the team at the Peter Tatchell Foundation tweeted: \u201cPeter Tatchell has been released. I\u2019ve spoken to the Consulate Gen. who says he has been bailed & treated well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for the all the good wishes. Let\u2019s remember the awful plight of LGBTs in Russian & Chechnya.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kathmandu (Pahichan) June 16 – The president of the Russian LGBT Sport Federation has taken a stand at the World Cup.
\nIn support of the struggling LGBT community in the country, Alexander Agapov waved a rainbow flag symbolising gay rights at the opening match of\u00a0the World Cup\u00a0on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Every time his home team of Russia scored, Agapov waved the flag,\u00a0despite the potential risk to his safety if spotted by anti-gay supporters inside or outside of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,621,490,11],"tags":[524,1791],"class_list":["post-10352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-rights","category-news","category-slider","category-world","tag-lgbt","tag-world-cup"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10354,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10352\/revisions\/10354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}