Madonna's going to Russia to oppose anti-gay laws

Madonna has said she will use her 'gig' in St. Petersburg in August to speak out against a new law con­demning "homo­sexual propaganda".

This week, lawmakers in the Russian city passed legis­la­tion crim­in­al­ising "public action aimed at pro­pa­gand­ising sodomy, les­bi­an­ism, bisexu­al­ism, and trans­gen­der­ism among minors".

However, they hadn't anti­cip­ated on "freedom fighter" Madonna wading in. She today declared: "My show. My songs. My work. My art. Is all about freedom of expres­sion, freedom to choose to speak to act always with humanity and compassion."

"I will come to St. Petersburg to speak up for the gay community, to support the gay community and to give strength and inspir­a­tion to anyone who is or feels oppressed," she promised. "I don't run away from adversity. I will speak during my show about this ridicu­lous atrocity."

Madonna debuted her latest homo­sexual pro­pa­ganda in the video for 'Girl Gone Wild' today. Russian politi­cians look away now.