Trans Former Italian MP Reportedly Arrested in Sochi

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http://www.bilerico.com/2014/02/trans_former_italian_mp_reportedly_arrested_in_soc.php
John Becker; Bilerico Project

Vladimir Luxuria, a former member of the Italian Parliament and the first openly trans parliamentarian in Europe, has reportedly been arrested by Russian authorities in Sochi, Russia for staging a pro-LGBT protest

Russian police detained the former deputy while waving the flag "Gay is OK" just outside the Medal Plaza.

UPDATE 2, 8:45 p.m. EST: Vladimir Luxuria is free!

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Vladimir Luxuria, Former Italian MP And Transgender Activist, Says She Was Detained At Olympics
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/17/italian-transgender-activist-olympics_n_4802355.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices
NATALIYA VASILYEVA; Huffington Post

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, told The Associated Press she was held for several hours before she was released. She said she was not charged.

Sochi organizers said Monday they had no information of any such incident.

Protesters are routinely arrested at unauthorized rallies in Moscow. Often, officers at the police station are so overwhelmed with paperwork they keep some people at the station for hours and let them go later without registering the detention or giving the detained person any document explaining it.