Lesbian activist Masha Gessen: “The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change, and… I don’t think it should exist.” Gay pride marches this past weekend spotlighted the effort by the Obama administration to elevate homosexuality and use it as a political weapon. Diplomats reportedly took part in gay pride parades and embassies flew the rainbow flag along with the official... 

Until recently, Moscow authorities were the prime enemy of the Russian gay community. The Moscow government has earned such a reputation for the decisions to ban gay pride parades in the Russian capital. On Sunday, the authorities of St. Petersburg picked up the slack. The governor of Russia’s cultural capital, Georgy Poltavchenko, signed the document that prohibited the propaganda of homosexual...