Google backs gay rights with rainbow Olympics Doodle
By Sam Rigby
Google has marked the beginning of the Sochi Winter Olympics with a Doodle supporting gay rights.
The homepage for the search engine has rebranded in rainbow colours, with various Olympic sports pictured.
A quote from the Olympic Charter beneath the Doodle reads: “The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.”
The move follows controversy surrounding Russia’s anti-gay laws, with a ban on ‘gay propaganda’.
Channel 4 have also rebranded in rainbow colours to support gay rights, after they aired the harrowing Hunted documentary earlier this week.
More on Sochi:
> Russian Deputy Prime Minister: Gays should ‘leave kids alone’
> Olympics advert: ‘The games have always been a little bit gay’
> UN secretary-general condemns Russia over anti-gay laws