Monday, February 17, 2014

In Sochi gay rights debate, stars stay offstage

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2013, file photo taken for the Arcus Foundation, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge mingles with guests at the launch of Uprising of Love, a social movement dedicated to supporting the Russia Freedom Fund, in New York. The Russia Freedom Fund, founded by Melissa Etheridge, Linda Wallem, Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen and Greg Propper, works for long-term, systemic change in the status and treatment of Russia's LGBT community. (John Minchillo / AP Images for Arcus Foundation, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combination appeared custom-made for a grand display of Hollywood activism: a stirring human rights cause and the international platform that is the Winter Olympics.








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