Sochi Mayor: My City of 343,000 Has 0 Gays

Add one more entry to the growing list of tensions over gay rights at Sochi for this year's Winter Olympics.

Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov told the BBC that his town of 343,000, which will host the Games beginning Feb. 7, does not have a single gay resident

"We do not have them in our city," Pakhomov told the BBC

The mayor was reportedly asked whether gay athletes and Olympics fans in Sochi would have to hide their sexuality during the Games due to Russia's restrictive laws on the public acknowledgement of homosexuality. "No, we just say that it is your business, it's your life. But it's not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live," Pakhomov said. "We do not have them in our city." Read more...