Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality – Letter to Madonna
Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality sent letter to Madonna that will perform in St. Petersburg on August 9:
Dear Madonna,
We are the Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality and we are looking forward to you to perform in Saint Petersburg and support LGBT community of our city.
Today in Russia lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people are being denuded increasingly more of their rights to express themselves, to be themselves and live openly as it befits free people. We are ashamed for the fact that our nationals are being declared to be people of the second chop, that they are being constrained to feel as social outcasts in their own country. That’s why we created the Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality in order to express our protest against this shameful discrimination and persecution and to support our friends in their fight for the freedom and the dignity.
We rely on your solidarity very much. We are grateful to you for your support concerning the girls from the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutzevich that are undergoing the unjust trial these days in Moscow.
We are at you to state your position to support LGBT community in Saint Petersburg the same way clearly and unambiguously for tolerance and equality for everyone and against the anti-gay laws, against the homophobia, the hatred, the discrimination and the violence.
Your voice, the voice of a true freedom of mind and freedom of expression fighter, is very important for us!
Not only Russian LGBT community will hear you. Millions of people will hear you.
Your words will have a real influence on the public opinion and will help to break the wall of misunderstanding and intolerance.
Your voice will become the voice of those who are being constrained to keep silence.
In the name of the Alliance:
Alliance Coordinators Natalia Tsymbalova and Sergey Kondrashov
Alliance of Straights for LGBT Equality is Russian non-government organization based in St. Petersburg. It was founded in May, 2012 by a group of heterosexual people who support the fight for equal rights for gays, lesbians and transgender people. They have united to say NO! to homophobia, discrimination and persecution of our co-citizens, friends and dear ones belonging to LGBT community. The Alliance’s goal rests in enabling the creation of a more tolerant and humane society in Russia in which the civil rights and human dignity of every person are equally protected.