I'm surprised nobody brought this up but it's a few weeks old by now...
Ikea has been accused of cowardice after removing a British lesbian couple from the Russian edition of its monthly magazine.
The December issue of the magazine, which will be distributed in most countries in which Ikea operates, contains a long feature about the lives of Clara and Kirsty, a Dorset-based lesbian couple and their Ikea-filled interiors. "We're two mums bringing up our baby boy in Clara's loft," says Kirsty in the story. "We're not your average family in your average home, but if my nan can raise two sons in a tiny caravan, we can make it work in our little loft."
Russian Ikea shoppers, however, will be shielded from information about the lives of the two British lesbians, in case it is deemed to fall foul of the country's controversial new law banning "homosexual propaganda".
The Fallout. and more, here:
Ikea faces boycott after it removes lesbian couple from Russian magazine to comply with Putin laws
The Question: Should Ikea have acquiesced and complied with the Russian anti-gay law? Or should it have stood firm and taken a stand?
USMB requires me to take a position. I think that makes for a plot spoiler, but them's the rules, so here it is: I support Ikea's decision.
Discuss.
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Ikea removes lesbian couple from Russian edition of magazineIkea has been accused of cowardice after removing a British lesbian couple from the Russian edition of its monthly magazine.
The December issue of the magazine, which will be distributed in most countries in which Ikea operates, contains a long feature about the lives of Clara and Kirsty, a Dorset-based lesbian couple and their Ikea-filled interiors. "We're two mums bringing up our baby boy in Clara's loft," says Kirsty in the story. "We're not your average family in your average home, but if my nan can raise two sons in a tiny caravan, we can make it work in our little loft."
Russian Ikea shoppers, however, will be shielded from information about the lives of the two British lesbians, in case it is deemed to fall foul of the country's controversial new law banning "homosexual propaganda".
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The Fallout. and more, here:
Ikea faces boycott after it removes lesbian couple from Russian magazine to comply with Putin laws
The Question: Should Ikea have acquiesced and complied with the Russian anti-gay law? Or should it have stood firm and taken a stand?
USMB requires me to take a position. I think that makes for a plot spoiler, but them's the rules, so here it is: I support Ikea's decision.
Discuss.
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