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Trump Administration Official Invites Anti-LGBTQ Activist & Russian Nationalist to Visit Texas, Speak at Rice University<\/b><\/p>\n

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GLAAD calls<\/a> on Rice University to cancel speaking engagement<\/i><\/div>\n
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GLAAD, the world\u2019s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today slammed the\u00a0Trump Administration for inviting Russian politician Dmitry Rogozin\u00a0to Houston, Texas, and giving him the opportunity to speak with students at Rice University. Rogozin is vehemently anti-LGBTQ and even called musician and LGBTQ ally Madonna a \u201cwhore\u201d for promoting LGBTQ rights ahead of a concert in Russia seven years ago.<\/div>\n
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\u201cLeave it up to the most anti-LGBTQ administration in recent memory to grant an anti-LGBTQ activist and Russian nationalist the opportunity to promote his hateful and out-of-touch rhetoric to students,\u201d\u00a0said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. \u201cDmirty Rogozin has no business visiting our nation in the first place, much less being offered a speaking engagement at an academic institution. This sends an extraordinarily dangerous and discriminatory message to LGBTQ students and other marginalized groups. Rice University should not permit this appearance to take place.\u201d<\/div>\n
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President Trump and his administration have worked to erase LGBTQ people from the fabric of this nation since the start of 2017. In fact, this invitation marks the 87th\u00a0time the administration has authorized a direct attack on the LGBTQ community. GLAAD has tracked the Trump Administration and every anti-LGBTQ action with its\u00a0Trump Accountability Project<\/u>. For more about these, go to\u00a0www.glaad.org\/trump<\/a><\/u>.<\/div>\n
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Trump Administration Invites Anti-LGBTQ Activist to the United States<\/b><\/u><\/div>\n
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  1. Tweets: \u201cIt\u2019s not Russia that threatens the West. Its foundations will crash down under the pressure of ISIS and gays<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Called Madonna a \u201cwhore\u201d\u00a0for promoting LGBTQ rights.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Attacked\u00a0a Latvian politician\u2019s coming out: \u201cIs that his point of pride? But then if you\u2019ve got nothing else to be proud of, you can take pride in that just as well\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Attacked\u00a0the Eurovision win of openly LGBTQ singer Conchita Wurst, saying it \u201cshowed supporters of European integration their European future: a bearded girl<\/a>\u201d.<\/li>\n
        2. Tweeted\u00a0an apparent anti-gay<\/a> attack line: \u201cOne shouldn\u2019t confuse their own bum with Columbus\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Tweeted\u00a0yet another anal sex<\/a> \u201cjoke\u201d about a gay<\/a> couple<\/a>: \u201cnow neither of them will have constipation problems\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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