Swedish Activists to Russian Subs: "This Way if You're Gay"

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Russian submariners who venture into the Baltic Sea will likely find a “Singing Sailor” sign that plays on the nation’s hostility to homosexuals.

The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society has put a glowing sign of a sailor thrusting his hips into the water just for Russia’s military. The sign reads “Welcome to Sweden: Gay since 1944,” CNN reported Thursday. A Morse code message, “This way if you are gay,” works in conjunction with the sign.

“In times of unrest, love and peace across boundaries is more important than ever. We want to break up with the violence,” said Daniel Holking, the society’s communications and fundraising manager, CNNreported

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