Lettre de Wentworth Miller au Festival International de Saint Petersbourg

Description

Lettre de Wentworth Miller (connu pour la série tv Prison Break) au Festival International de Saint Petersbourg, lettre dans laquelle il fait son coming-out.

Sujets

• Coming out
• Wentworth Miller
• lettre
• Russie
• Gay

Informations

• Publié par: Fil_actu
• Publié le: 22 août 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 35 625
• Langue: English

Extrait

21 August 2013 

   Maria Averbakh Festival Director St. Petersburg International Film Festival  c/oElena Baranova Right Magic Films Inc. 6715 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 210 LA, CA 90068    Re: St. Petersburg International Film Festival / "Guest of Honor" Invitation    Dear Ms. Averbakh:  Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes.  However, as a gay man, I must decline.  I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.  Perhaps, when and if circumstances improve, I'll be free to make a different choice.  Until then.  Wentworth Miller 

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