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George Takei, who is also quite the scribe in matters of gay rights, is now supporting a petition on change.org that has more than 59,000 signatures.
Russia βintends to enforce its laws against visiting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender) athletes, trainers and fans, meaning anyone even so much as waving a rainbow flag (and I presume many men enthusiastically watching and dramatically commenting on figure skating) would be arrested, held for weeks and then deported,β he writes in a blog post last week.
βGiven this position, the (International Olympic Committee) must do the right thing, protect its athletes and the fans, and move the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Russia.β (Via Yahoo! Sports)
Takei also addressed one of the major semantic issues involved in the idea of moving something as massive and expansive as the Olympics, and thatβs finding a city or cities that have the proper facilities available at such short notice. After all, itβs not like moving your weekly kickball kegger from one backyard to another.
Instead of Russia, Takei recommended Vancouver as a repeat destination, as the facilities from the 2010 Winter Olympics are probably still in decent condition. Of course, youβd also have to take into account the travel arrangements of thousands of athletes, coaches, trainers and family members, not to mention all of the fans already planning to go cheer their countries on.
But Iβm sure that airlines and hotels will accommodate all of the changes. They usually seem pretty reasonable.
Russia βintends to enforce its laws against visiting LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender) athletes, trainers and fans, meaning anyone even so much as waving a rainbow flag (and I presume many men enthusiastically watching and dramatically commenting on figure skating) would be arrested, held for weeks and then deported,β he writes in a blog post last week.
βGiven this position, the (International Olympic Committee) must do the right thing, protect its athletes and the fans, and move the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Russia.β (Via Yahoo! Sports)
Takei also addressed one of the major semantic issues involved in the idea of moving something as massive and expansive as the Olympics, and thatβs finding a city or cities that have the proper facilities available at such short notice. After all, itβs not like moving your weekly kickball kegger from one backyard to another.
Instead of Russia, Takei recommended Vancouver as a repeat destination, as the facilities from the 2010 Winter Olympics are probably still in decent condition. Of course, youβd also have to take into account the travel arrangements of thousands of athletes, coaches, trainers and family members, not to mention all of the fans already planning to go cheer their countries on.
But Iβm sure that airlines and hotels will accommodate all of the changes. They usually seem pretty reasonable.
