from a superlame

gaywrites:

Trigger warning for some truly fucked-up stuff.

This week, it was revealed that at least 27 people, most of them gay, were slaughtered in a single night by officials in Chechnya, Russia. A newspaper even released the names of the dead. Chechnya has reportedly been rounding up and torturing gay and bisexual men for several months.

To make matters even more real and terrifying, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov gave an interview this week where he said that gay people are devils, not people. He claims there are no LGBTQ people in Chechnya, but that if there are any, they should leave immediately. 

Kadyrov — speaking to HBO’s Real Sports, ostensibly about a wrestling league in Chechyna, a semiautonomous republic within Russia — was confronted about his nation’s imprisonment and killing of gay and bisexual men; an unknown number have been murdered. Kadyrov was furious at the questioning by reporter David Scott: “Why does he come here? What’s the point of these questions?”

Kadyrov finally answered,“We don’t have those kinds of people here… If there are there take them to Canada… Take them far from us so we don’t have them at home… To purify our blood, if there are any here, take them.”

When pushed by Scott about the reports from the tortured gay men, Kadryov responded, “They are devils. They are for sale. They are not people.”

Kadyrov — an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — also made clear he views the U.S. as an enemy and said, “Even if our government was completely destroyed, our nuclear missiles would be automatically deployed. We will put the whole world on its knees and screw it from behind.”

People are being murdered, a foreign leader is giddy about it, and radio silence from Trump. Remember that the Russian LGBT Network is helping people evacuate the area; you can donate to them here. 

(Source: gaywrites, via gaywrites)

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