Mothers to Russia with love

This is a project to act against Russia who are against homosexuals. Russia in 1999 have classified being gay as a mental illness as well as attacks on gay people rising. Therefore Mother London has insisted to help beat this by helping the Russian gay community. They have created Russian dolls featuring five gay icons. These dolls are then auctioned online and the money that is raised will be given to the Russian gay community. Their project is supported by Kaleidoscope Trust who advances the rights of LGBT and listens to people with issues in Russia as well as standing by them. 

Their aim is to stop discrimination against gays. By using Russian dolls they subverted a traditional folk art and changed the meaning behind the dolls by replacing five British gay icons instead. I believe that this is very good and effective because it stops people from being discriminated and shows how people in Britain have become icons even though they are gay.  I believe it shows that Russia’s comment “homosexuality have been classified as a mental illness since 1999”  is also wrong because these people clearly have no mental illness just because they are gay and in fact have encouraged people not to be scared for who they are and to come out if they are gay. This project would also suggest that there are people around you who will listen to you and support you if you are gay. I believe that this project is very effective and should continue selling these dolls to exterminate discrimination.