Elton John (eltonofficial) responds to Vladimir Putin LGBT comments: 'This feels like hypocrisy'
"I find duplicity in your comment that you want LGBT people to 'be happy' and that 'we have no problem in that,'" the singer added, referring to a recent interview the Russian president gave., in which the Russian presidentcalled the number of gender categories "excessive" and said he did not want LGBT culture to "overshadow" Russian heterosexual culture.
John added, "I find duplicity in your comment that you want LGBT people to 'be happy' and that 'we have no problem in that'" given: Russian censors cut scenes depicting gay sex and drug consumption; at the Moscow premiere, even a mention of the children John is raising with his partner, David Furnish, was removed. "This feels like hypocrisy to me," John said.
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