It is one thing to censor us, as part of the process of exterminating people like me, like the insect life we are, but quite another that countries like Russia dare to censor the cream of liberal culture. It is simply shocking, and reason enough for Donald Trump, himself as progressive on this issue as anyone to launch a full-scale nuclear attack of Putin, aiming right for his castle:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-trumps-anti-lgbt-agenda-is-louder-than-his-pride-message
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/elton-john-vladimir-putin-lgbtq-rocketman-censorship
“Elton John took to Twitter on Friday to respond to Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent interview with the Financial Times. In the interview, published on Thursday, Putin said Russia has "no problem with LGBT persons. ... Let everyone be happy," but John, 72, called Putin's words hypocritical since a Russian distributor censored LGBTQ-related scenes from "Rocketman," a film based on John's life and career. "Dear President Putin, I was deeply upset when I read your recent interview in The Financial Times," the "Tiny Dancer" singer wrote. "I strongly disagree with your view that pursuing policies that embrace multicultural and sexual diversity are obsolete in our societies." He continued: "I find duplicity in your comment that you want LGBT people to 'be happy' and that 'we have no problem in that'. Yet Russian distributors chose to heavily censor my film 'Rocketman' by removing all references to my finding true happiness through my 25-year relationship with [husband] David [Furnish] and the raising of my two beautiful sons. "This feels like hypocrisy to me," John added. "I am proud to live in a part of the world where our governments have evolved to recognise the universal human right to love whoever we want."

