Miss Universe host slams Russia for ‘demonizing’ gays

Inquirer
Friday 8th November, 2013

Thomas Roberts. AFP FILE PHOTO MOSCOW–US television host Thomas Roberts, who is in Moscow to present Miss Universe contest and is openly gay, has condemned Russia’s homophobic legislation in what he called dark times for the country. ‘;The Russian laws obviously are a dark time and a dark chapter in LGBT history here,’; Roberts told AFP after arriving in Moscow with his husband ahead of the Miss Universe final on Saturday. ‘;They’re seeking a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist and meanwhile it causes new problems because it allows people to abuse and hurt and v…

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