An anti gay right activist, centre in blue shirt, grapples with a pro gay rights activist outside State Duma, Russia's lower parliament chamber, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Protesters attempted to rally outside the Russian State Duma before what is expected to be a final vote on the bill banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations." More than two dozen activists were detained in Moscow on Tuesday as they were protesting a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and bans the giving of information about homosexuality to children.
MOSCOW (AP) — A bill that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality won overwhelming approval Tuesday in Russia's lower house of parliament. more