The gay rights organization All Out hired three trucks to circle the Coca-Cola headquarters on North Avenue in Midtown all day long, urging the company to call for a repeal of Russia’s anti-gay laws before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
All Out has been bombarding sponsors and the Olympic Committee and its sponsors with messages to speak out against the laws, condemned by governments and human rights organizations around the world, and to call for the repeals of the law before the Games.
Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist. More by Collin Kelley
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