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Azerbaijan: Mr Gay Europe 2007

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繁體中文 · (短訊)亞塞拜然:2007歐洲男同志選美冠軍
简体中文 · (短讯)阿塞拜疆:2007欧洲男同志选美冠军
Português · Azerbaijão: Mr Gay Europe 2007

Azerbaijan

Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on the surprise entry by 19-year-old Sadikj Ragimov into the Mr Gay Europe 2007 contest. This is the first time that any contestant from the South Caucasus has entered the competition, the blogger notes, and was an amazing show of courage from someone living in a deeply homophobic part of the world.

It should also be noted that the blogger himself set an important precedent — being Armenian and able to blog on neighbouring countries, especially on such a sensitive issue as LGBT rights, without resorting to [ethnic] prejudice or bias.

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