The Block Club joins the Berghain, Output and Harry Klein for a "Promote Diversity" party
an international protest event against the repressive policies against the gay community in Russia.

If people can dance together, they can live together

Even in the Twenty First century, the freedom to love is not a given for everybody.

On Thursday, September 12th, The Block will join the Berghain Club in Berlin, The Output in New York, and Harry Klein in Munich, for a "Promote Diversity" party - an international protest event against the repressive policies against lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual people and their supporters in Russia. In Israel this evening will be led by two prominent European DJs - Move D and Mano Le Tough. All profits from the admission will be contributed to the international LGBT rights organization, All Out.

A few weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin, conformed a law banning "homosexual propaganda". The law, approved by vote and unopposed, is intended according to the administration to protect teenagers from ''inappropriate" and "immoral" content and it imposes stiff penalties on those who publicly display "untraditional relations" or distribute "homosexual information."

The campaign of hatred against the LGBT community throughout Russia is at an a new high. In a systematic process that has continued for several years, the basic human rights of millions of people in Russia are being trampled on, one after the other, solely because of their sexual orientation. At the moment, members of the LGBT community members are forbidden to demonstrate, march, meet and even to express physical affection in public. Same-sex couples that hold hands on the street could stand trial and be fined heavily, the Gay Pride Parade has been banned in Moscow for the next one hundred years at least, and NGOs and support groups for LGBT youth, as well as any conversation with teens about homosexual issues, have been made illegal.

Inspired by the wave of new legislation, more and more acts of violence by the police and citizens are occurring against the gay community in Russia. People suspected of having "non-traditional" tendencies are being beaten on the street for all to see, without the intervention of the police and sometimes even with their encouragement; protesters are being beaten and arrested and neo-Nazi groups have started to kidnap, abuse and kill young gays and lesbians.

The international club scene, which grew in the ghettos of the oppressed and the outcast, has always supported the values of equality and tolerance and is, essentially, a city of refuge for the "different". By joining the protests onSeptember 12th and contributing to "All Out", we hope to do our part in the fight for the freedom to love.

"All Out" is an international organization of more than 1.8 million activists and leads high-profile campaigns against homophobia in the most difficult places in the world, including Cameroon, Iraq, Uganda, Nigeria, Ukraine - and now Russia. The organization specializes in putting pressure on decision-makers, and has a history of successes in protecting the lives of LGBT and quashing and changing homophobic legislation. https://www.allout.org/

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Promote Diversity at The Block club (Tel Aviv Israel) with
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* Move D :: Smallville, Workshop :: Heidelberg
* Mano Le Tough :: Permanent Vacation :: Berlin
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Local Support by: Anna & Soussana :: Partok
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Disco Room: Yogo :: Ellyot :: Libra Discotheque
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