Former Italian MP arrested in Sochi for “gay protest”

Vladimir Luxuria,  who was Italy’s first openly transgender elected official, was allegedly arrested after she held a rainbow-colored banner that said “Gay is OK” in Russian.

Luxuria also tweeted a picture of herself outside the Olympics’ Medal Park holding a rainbow-colored hand fan. The message under the picture said ‘I’m in Sochi! Regards with the colors of the rainbow, in the face of Putin!’

Luxuria apparently was protesting a Russian anti-propaganda law approved last year that many perceive as anti-gay. President Barack Obama and several other world leaders skipped attending the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony because of the law.