An Italian activist shouting "It’s OK to be gay" and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.
Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament
who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television
personality, was stopped by four men and then driven away by police in a
car with Olympic markings.
It was not known where she was taken.
Luxuria had been walking around the Olympic Park in Sochi for about two
hours. She was shouting "Gay is OK" and "It’s OK to be gay" in both
English and Russian.
As she was being led away from Shayba Arena, she was shouting "I have a ticket."
Luxuria earlier said she was detained on Sunday evening by Russian
police who told her she should not wear clothes with slogans supporting gay rights. Police denied detaining her. Full story here!
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