The 2014 Winter Olympic games will be held in Sochi, Russia. Russia seemed like a natural pick since the country has a rich tradition of inventing winter games like “Die in Cold Alone” and “Ration the Potato” but many people are unhappy with the decision. Ever since Russia recently enacted draconian legislation banning the “promotion of homosexuality to minors”, life has been hell on earth for GLBT people there. Pride rallies are turning violent with police brutality becoming the norm, gay people are being beaten in the streets, some people are even filming the beatings and posting it online and law enforcement is doing nothing to stop this.



This is awful, but this won’t stop me from watching the Winter Olympics, it’s just changing the reason I don’t watch the Winter Olympics.



The winter games are so goddamn boring. The most exciting sport they have is basically the downhill cuddle –







and their most boring sport actually involves cleaning –







So yeah, I wasn’t about to watch the Winter Olympics anyway but if it will help raise awareness of the horrible injustice happening against GLBT people in Russia then I’ll totally say it’s because of a boycott.



It’s not always easy being an activist. Except this time. This time being an activist is the easiest thing in the world.