Russia don't play that. (Page 1/1) sourmash AUG 10, 09:53 AM Russia bad. https://metro.co.uk/2021/08...russian-tv-15035334/ Tokyo 2020 Olympics sparks rise in vile anti-LGBT slurs on Russian TV with transgender athletes called an ‘abomination’ Guests and presenters on Russian state TV’s two biggest channels used offensive language to describe LGBTQ+ Olympians. New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who is a transgender woman, was subjected to the worst of the comments. As BBC News reports, Rossiya 1’s 60 Minutes programme last month saw guest and member of Russian parliament Alexei Zhuravlyov deliver a number of slurs. Saying he was ‘disgusted’ by gay and transgender people, he pointed at a screen showing Hubbard and said: ‘We stand opposed to all this smut and perversion, strongly opposed.’ MEANWHILE, AMERICAN SHOT PUTTER TWERKS FOR WINNING SILVER MEDAL. Makes statement about her struggle for mental health. These are our values.