Gay glossy The Advocate on
Friday named Russian President Vladimir Putin its Phobie of the Year.
“To hold the president of Russia
responsible for every anti-gay incident within his country's borders
might be unfair,” the
magazine wrote in announcing its winner. “But it's far less
offensive than what's happening to LGBT Russians.”
Advocate editors included a
total of 14 people or groups on their inaugural list, including Ken
Cuccinelli and E.W. Jackson, the GOP's unsuccessful Virginia
gubernatorial ticket; Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe; the Pacific
Justice Institute, the California conservative group attempting to
repeal the state's transgender students law; Frigide Barjot, the
French anti-gay marriage activist; New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan;
televangelist Pat Robertson; writer Orson Scott Card; AFA's Bryan
Fischer; Massachusetts minister Scott Lively; Texas Rep. Louie
Gohmert; Justice Antonin Scalia; and Florida Senator Marco Rubio.