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Russia is on its way to sharply limiting the adoption of children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage.

The recent passage of a bill stigmatizing the gay community by the lower house of Russia’s parliament and anti-gay violence that ensued, has officials of the IOC concerned about the upcoming Winter Olympics scheduled to take place in Sochi, Russia.

Anti-gay marriage demonstrators plan on protesting France legalizing gay marriage during the Tour de France, which takes place at the end of the month.

Thousands of Russian opposition activists, including gay activists, marched through Moscow on Wednesday, decrying President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian rule and calling for the release of people they consider political prisoners.

A bill that stigmatizes Russia’s gay community and bans the distribution of information about homosexuality to children was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house of parliament Tuesday.

A dozen activists have been detained in Moscow as they were protesting a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and penalizes dissemination of information about them.

Although he may have may been wearing standard issue battle fatigues at the time, to one gay soldier Prince Harry was a knight in shining armor who protected him from a homophobic attack.

French anti-gay marriage protesters rushed the final match of the French Open on Sunday.

Since the death of a university student this week in a melee between skinheads and militant leftists, the French government says it wants to ban extreme-right groups - a complex task complicated by the hydra-like nature of the hard-core right.

A group of skinheads attacked a French far-left activist in the heart of Paris’ shopping district, leaving the young man brain-dead in the hospital Thursday, officials said, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right violence.