Last 27 February 2014, as Russian euphoria over the successful seizure of Crimea was nearing its peak, the Kyrgyz nationalist group Kalys held a protest outside the U.S. embassy, saying they opposed what they called the Western gay agenda and a recent Human Rights Watch report criticizing the treatment of gays by Kyrgyz police.
They burned the portrait of a local ethnic Ukrainian activist who had been vocal in his support of Ukraine's anti-Russia "Maidan" movement, called him a "gay activist," and called on Kyrgyzstan's parliament to take up a law banning "gay propaganda."
They burned the portrait of a local ethnic Ukrainian activist who had been vocal in his support of Ukraine's anti-Russia "Maidan" movement, called him a "gay activist," and called on Kyrgyzstan's parliament to take up a law banning "gay propaganda."