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Italian trans former MP was taken away by police then later released in the Russian countryside
By Greg Hernandez
17 February 2014
Trans activist Vladimir Luxuria was arrested for the second time in two days on Monday – this time for trying to enter an arena where an Olympic hockey game was being played.
Luxuria, a former member of the Italian parliament, was wearing a rainbow colored outfit and a large rainbow headdress when she was detained by police as she entered the Shayba Arena.
The Associated Press reports that Luxuria was stopped by four men and then driven away by police in a car with Olympic markings.
Luxuria said she was kept in the car for about 10 minutes, she was released in the countryside – without her Olympic spectator pass.
‘I was very, very afraid this time because the first time they said, ‘It’s OK for the first time, don’t do it again for the second time.’ So, this time I was a little bit afraid,’ Luxuria told AP. ‘But they just left me outside, in the country, there, outside and that’s it.’
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See Also:
Bilerico: Luxuria Detained Again, Will Be Escorted Out of Russia
Huffington Post: Olympic Committee Defends Transgender Activist Vladimir Luxuria’s Removal From Sochi Arena
