Airy Fairies

Chiara and entourage.

The Guardian today reported that, on the day that Eurovision was held, Moscow riot police violently broke up a peaceful gay pride rally, drawing attention to Russian authorities' appalling record on gay rights. The worst part of watching this year's Eurovision is that no artist has spoken out against this (apart from the Netherlands' representative who did not make it to the finals). I am sorely disappointed in the absence of any public show of solidarity towards Russian gays from Chiara and her Maltese entourage, a good number of who are otherwise openly gay. More hurtful is outspoken UK gay BBC presenter Graham Norton's cluelessness as reported by the Guardian.

Yesterday Norton professed ignorance about the tough line taken by the Moscow authorities against the gay rally. "I feel really bad, but I don't know very much about this," he said.