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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOlympics Opening Ceremony supports gay rights; gloves, signs have rainbows
The Olympics Opening Ceremony had so much strife on issues of human rights that some viewers decided to boycott the actual show. However, as Huffington Post pointed out on Friday, somebody might want to share with the Russian government that there were more LGBT shout outs than most people imagined. From pins to signs and everything in between, the idea of supporting every human, no matter their sexual orientation was alive and well at the Winter Games in Sochi.
Believe it or not the subtle aspects of the Opening Ceremony got the most attention. Walking into the arena for the first time, the Greeks wore gloves with rainbow tips. Waving to the crowd there were plenty of people who saw all the rainbow colored fingers.
Another big moment was when the Germany athletes made an incredibly low-key entrance with jackets of the colors that had every person immediately recognizing the rainbow colors. Strolling in leisurely, it was obvious they were proud in supporting the human rights efforts too.
Czechs celebrated with their support with hearts for who hearts for who most are assume for Václav Havel. The famous Czech president always included a heart beneath his name and was progressive when it came to LGBT rights.
http://www.examiner.com/article/olympics-opening-ceremony-supports-gay-rights-gloves-signs-have-rainbows
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Olympics Opening Ceremony supports gay rights; gloves, signs have rainbows (Original Post)
sheshe2
Feb 2014
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It is great there is so much, so many noticing. I hope after the games the athletes are not punished
uppityperson
Feb 2014
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mercymechap
(579 posts)1. Awesome........n/t
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)2. It is great there is so much, so many noticing. I hope after the games the athletes are not punished
the gay athletes and those who supported them publicly.
William769
(55,148 posts)3. Pay attention to the ending of this video.
sheshe2
(84,005 posts)5. Cheryl Maas was amazing!
So sorry she fell.
Yup I watched it twice! Loved the gloves!
frazzled
(18,402 posts)4. The ceremony itself celebrated gays
That animated sequence with a (Cyrillic) alphabetical tribute to famous, revered Russians? So gay.
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky? Yup, way gay.
The great Sergei Eisensenstein? Gay (though he had to hide it).
There were probably more, but those were just two I knew off the bat.
Half the rest that were celebrated were officially reviled during their lifetimes and/or left Russia, but whatever.
Cha
(297,935 posts)6. This is a beautiful thread, she! Shows the world standing up to Putin's
inhumane stance on the Rights of Gays.. at the Olympics!