From All OutCountdown: 21 days until Russia's Winter Olympics – and the anti-gay laws are still in place. But we've got a plan. President Putin wants the Olympics to be about Russian pride and showing off the country to build political power and attract corporate dollars.
We can put that at risk, if we get the whole world talking about Russia's anti-gay laws instead. The outcry could be enough to get them to reconsider the laws.
First step: let's get all the athletes who're going to the Olympics to join in! Can you sign up to show your support and encourage more Winter Olympians athletes to join in?
www.allout.org/principle-6Athletes making political statements or gestures at the Games could be punished under the Olympic rules. Even worse, they could be fined or arrested under Russian law. But we've got a clever way around that. We're only asking them to publicly show their support for one of the Olympic's very own rules – Principle 6, which says no discrimination is allowed.
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has signed up, and so has the entire Australian men's bobsled team! But we'll need more olympians from all over the world to publicly support Principle 6 and Russia's lesbian, gay, bi and trans people.
Sign to show skiers, skaters and sledders around the globe how much their support matters:
www.allout.org/principle-6President Putin has recently shown he's worried that global outrage about anti-gay laws and human rights abuses could ruin his Olympics. He changed his mind about banning protests at the Olympics site, and he released high profile political prisoners including Pussy Riot.
Athletes are in a unique position to make a difference right now – they could talk about Principle 6 at press conferences and interviews, and wear Principle 6 t-shirts when rules allow, to broadcast our message around the world.
www.allout.org/principle-6We'll be talking a lot about Russia's anti-gay laws over the next few weeks but of course All Out is about every country where there are anti-gay laws. The office team is regularly on the phone with activists in Uganda, Nigeria, India, Cameroon and around the world, looking for ways 1.9 million of us can help when the time is right.
First Olympic athletes, then we'll get sponsors like Coke to join in too:
www.allout.org/principle-6Thanks for going All Out.
Best,
Andre, Guillaume, Hayley, Leandro, Marie, Pablo, Sara, Tile, Wesley and the rest of the All Out team.
PS: Can you support the campaign by getting some Principle 6 gear too? All Out and our partner Athlete Ally will use the funds to directly support the campaign and Russian organisations working with LGBT people. Order online here:
store.americanapparel.net/principle-6Here's Olympic snowboarder Belle Brockhoff in her Principle 6 top!
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I hope, you do not mind. 
It seems like he is wearing something different in every photo I have seen so far!! 
......... Or he was heading into town for a little shopping! 
