HRC Blog

In a scathing op-ed published in Russia’s Pravda newspaper, Sen. McCain blasts Russian government, discriminatory law.

The singer says she declined an offer from a “big oligarch” to perform at the opening ceremony in protest against Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.

In an op-ed for the New York Times, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined his opposition to a U.S. strike against Syria that, in the end, rang hypocritical.

Yesterday reports surfaced about a proposed bill in Russian parliament that would make being gay – or presumed to be gay – a basis for denying parental custody. 

HRC is joining several other human rights and LGBT equality groups today for a Global Speak Out on Russia.