Pravda: Lady Gaga is a freak used by US government to undermine Russian society

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I was reading LGBT related articles regarding the current situation of LGBT individuals in Russia, and ended up reading articles at Pravda (Russian Communist Party's mouthpiece) relating homos-xuality to pedophilia and bed-wetting (!!!!). The communist party is not exactly a fringe institution in Russia, since its candidates have finished second in all presidential elections held since "democratization".

I was curious to know how Pravda have been reporting on homos-xuality in the last decade (at least in English), so I searched for the word "homos-xuality" in its website and found this incredibly delusional article, implying among many things that Lady Gaga is actually a US government envoy that uses gay propaganda to undermine Russian families. It's 4 years old but I felt like I needed to share it with you as a reminder of what kinds of narratives envolving homos-xuality might influence the lives of Russian LGBT individuals.

 

The West uses homos-xuality to undermine Russian family traditions

30.06.2011 
 

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recently confirmed that Lady Gaga's recent appearance at the gay pride parade in Rome on June 11 was organized by the US State Department. During her speech in Rome, the singer cracked down on Russia for the country's discrimination of the right of s-xual minorities.

The notorious singer particularly stated that Russia, among other countries, was restricting information about the problems of s-xual minorities.

Officials of the US State Department have previously expressed concerns in connection with the recent dispersal of the gay march in Moscow. Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle released similar statements on the matter. The general public of the West also took the side of the Russian LGBT community. A quick look at the headlines of European and American newspapers can easily prove this. "Persecution of gays in Russia: From jail to Facebook" (La Repubblica, Italy); Russia's best-known gay activist has an uphill fight" (The New York Times, USA); "Gay demonstration brutally suppressed in Moscow" (BFM TV, France); "Homophobia: The Council of Europe must punish Russia" (Le Monde, France); "Moscow gays fight for cause" (RFI Russian service, France); "Russian court throws out lesbian couple marriage request" (Reuters, UK); "In praise of...Slavic pride" (The Guardian, UK); "Gay pride takes a fall amid fears and threats" (The Times, UK).

It appears that Western media demonstrate absolute unity with authorities in their criticism against Russia. What is the reason for it?

Eugenia Debryanskaya, a Russian gay activist:

"I do not feel any support from the US State Department. And I don't think that the department gives any support - they just declare things and that's all. Yes, the situation improved a lot at this point during the 1990s. In 1993, they canceled an article of the Penal Code, which stipulated imprisonment for a person for his or her s-xual orientation. The psychological persecution of gays was canceled in Russia in 1998. But that was basically it.

"Social discrimination hasn't been rooted out in the society. The society still does not accept homos-xuals and remains hostile to them. Gays get bullied and killed, and no criminal case has been filed in this connection yet.

"As for me, I am not a member of the movement anymore, but I am aware of everything that is happening. It also goes about violations of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which stipulates the freedom of speech, expression and thought for everyone. There have been several attempts taken to organize gay parades in Moscow, but none of them has ever happened. The police did not guarantee security for not a very large congregation of people. This is what differs Russia from Europe. There are many homophobic people in Europe too, but the police guarantee security for such events as gay parades there.

"Russia is unable to guarantee security for as many as 200 people. At the same time, Russia is going to host such major international events as the Olympic Games and the World Cup. It gives me a reason to question Russia's ability to handle that."

Maksim Shevchenko, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia:

"I would like to say the following about this situation. Lady Gaga is a freak, whose music I can't listen to and whom I can't watch on TV. However, the USA openly supports homos-xuality in Russia, which is not incidental. This is a form of intervention of a neoliberal society. The goal of that is to undermine the traditional basis of the Russian society, its gender nature. They want to turn humans into the creatures fixated on s-xual and psychic drama.

"Obtruding homos-xuality on Russia is an element of Satanic pagan perversion, so one must show strong resistance to this intervention. They say that we are suppressing some sort of minorities. Is it really so? Human s-xuality is an intimate and private issue. No one is persecuting anyone for their personal preferences. However, if it becomes a political matter, it is no longer a personal matter of certain individuals."

Yegor Kholmogorov, a scientist of politics:

"Lady Gaga is well-known for her propaganda of the interests of certain s-xual minorities and political groups. Her notorious behavior completely replaces her work as an artist. This is exactly what made her "number one" in international show business nowadays. She is being used for propaganda of homos-xuality, which demonstrates the extreme degeneration of the Western civilization.

"Now they are putting this kind of pressure on Russia. We must not make any concessions to Russia at this point. We have many other more important problems to deal with, and we can't add another one to this long list.

"What do we see? Someone wants homos-xuals to have special rights - this is what their requirements look like. Homos-xuals want to have a right to register their marriages. The notion of marriage is much more important than the notion of s-x. The most important thing about marriage is the intention of a man and a woman to officially register their relationship. The point of this is procreation, but this is not the type of situation that same-s-x couples may have."

Geidar Jemal, the chairman of Russia's Islamic Committee:

"The propaganda of homos-xuality is a form of aggression against fundamental social and biological grounds of the society. This propaganda questions its gender security and the future reproduction of the civilized matrix. If this form of propaganda becomes successful, the situation with this issue will evolve into trash in two or three generations. Such a society is simply doomed.

"For Islam, this phenomenon is like a red rag for a bull, just like other forms of aggression against traditional family - feminism, matriarchate, etc. In Europe things have been developing progressively in this direction, and what do we see? European men are no longer able to act as warriors and defenders. This propaganda of permissiveness substitutes life values. Scientists say that the level of testosterone in German men has dropped four times in 1990 vs. 1943.

"We can see a company of German military men running away from a group of Talibs in Afghanistan. You may think that the United States can fall victim to this propaganda as well. However, they control the situation there very well. Centers of homos-xuality are primarily located on the West Coast - form San Francisco to Los Angeles. In other regions of the USA, in the Midwest, for example, they can chop your balls off if they find out something about your s-xual orientation. There are as many as 30 million people in America who do not accept feminism, homos-xuality and other phenomena that lead to the destruction of the American society. The States control the situation well, but the country uses homos-xuality to undermine traditional societies in other countries."

Sergei Balmasov

Pravda.Ru

Read the original in Russian

 

Edit: I underlined Gaga's name throughout the text

 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

I just woke up. I don't have the energy for people to show off how stupid they are  

[Batwings 12,895]

Used by the U.S. government? Wouldn't that make her a...

 

Government Hooker? 

[Redstreak 6,653]

All I can say is that there needs to be some type of program to help get LGBT individuals the **** out of Russia.

[Emvee 8,549]

That's it. 

I vow that this post will be the last time I ever acknowledge Russia as an actual country.

[adorno 484]

And they say Little Monsters are deluded .. 

[RebeldeFaith 5,560]

Used by the U.S. government? Wouldn't that make her a...

 

Government Hooker? 

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All I can say is that there needs to be some type of program to help get LGBT individuals the **** out of Russia.

​This!!! 

I remember a YouTube channel of some russian guys who bullied homos-xuals humiliating and hurting them, then they uploaded the videos on YT. I felt so awful watching those poor guys being hurted that way that I literally cried because of it. I reported the channel and it seems that more people did too, even tho I don't know what happened to it. I feel so terrorized by the idea that they where just a small group of people bulling those gays but there are more hundreds that are like that and we don't know anything about them or what they do to their victims. Is the russian government doing something to stop that abuse, or are they hiding what these persons are doing?

I'm not gay but some of my friends and family are and I don't want them to suffer that persecution and pain. I don't want them to go out fearing that they might not comeback ever because some homophobic person decided to end their lives. At moments like this I'm so glad that I or any of my family members and friends do not live on a place like that but I still feel so sorry for those who does.

[monsterdreams 1,529]

I just can't understand how people can be like this...powerful governments...its awful

 

All I can say is that there needs to be some type of program to help get LGBT individuals the **** out of Russia.

I agree. These people aren't safe in their home...its awful 

[bayonse 6,525]

Russia- a beautiful country ruined by awful people

maybe thats the reason I hate it

[420 1,042]

YAASSS HA IMPACT!!

but seriously, who actually uses a propaganda that allow people to beat up gay people who just live their lives. smh. fuk you Russia. #thirdworldkuntry 

[Haroon 49,685]

That group have officially lost it  

[Melech 9,900]

All I can say is that there needs to be some type of program to help get LGBT individuals the **** out of Russia.

​Compared to some muslim countries, homos-xuals are in heaven in Russia. 

Also persecuted homos-xuals (no matter what country) can seek asylum in the European Union.  

[Guest]

Obviously she is, why else would I stan for her?

[Redstreak 6,653]

​Compared to some muslim countries, homos-xuals are in heaven in Russia. 

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Ok??

[Melech 9,900]

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Ok??

​Just wanted to say, not defending Russia. I just dislike how the world concentrates on Russia while not see the pain of homos-xuals in other countries.