Moscow Times: “Citing Tchaikovsky, Elton John Denounces Russian Homophobia"
I wanted you to see and read what was being said in Moscow about Elton John’s Statement blasting Anti gay Russia:
Citing Tchaikovsky, Elton John Denounces Russian Homophobia
The Moscow Times
The openly gay singer, who performed in St. Petersburg on Sunday, took particular issue with the removal of a statue of Apple founder Steve Jobs in the city after his successor Tim Cook came out as gay last month.
"Can this be true? Steve's memory is re-written because his successor at Apple, Tim Cook, is gay?! Does that also make iPads 'gay propaganda'?" he told the crowd, according to a statement on his Facebook page.
In 2012, the St. Petersburg legislature banned the promotion of so-called 'gay propaganda' to minors, paving the way for the adoption a nationwide ban a year later.
John also spoke about the acclaimed Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, who was reportedly gay, asking: "Is Tchaikovsky's beautiful music 'sexually perverting?"
"If I'm not honest about who I am, I couldn't write this music. It's not gay propaganda. It's how I express life. If we start punishing people for that, the world will lose its humanity," John told the crowd.
John, 67, is currently on a worldwide tour that sees him next perform on Wednesday in the Danish capital Copenhagen.
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