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Moscow gay activists have sent a notification to the Moscow Mayor's Office on holding the Conchita Wurst March of Bearded Women and Men, the GayRussia.ru portal reported.

“According to the application filed, the event should be held on
Tuesday, May 27 – on the day of the 21st anniversary of cancelling
criminal prosecution for voluntary homosexual relations in Russia,” the
statement said.

The march was announced to be held at the pedestrian section of
Tverskoy Boulevard from Pushkinskaya Square to Nikitskiye Vorota Square
between 1 and 2 p.m. with up to 100 participants, the portal reported.

“Many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists want to
use the image of Conchita Wurst during the coming 9th annual gay parade
planned for Saturday, May 31. Due to this, the application to hold the
Conchita Wurst march of bearded people open the gay parade season and
will become a trial balloon in our relations with the Moscow Mayor’s
Office this year,” the portal quoted founder of the Moscow gay parade
movement Nikolai Alexeyev as saying.

“Bearded lady” Conchita Wurst (a.k.a. transvestite Tom Neuwirth) won
the Eurovision 2014 musical contest held in Copenhagen on May 6-10,
having received 290 points.

The Common Linnets band of the Netherlands won second place and Sanna
Nielsen of Sweden won third. Maria and Anastasia Tolmachyova
representing Russia were seventh with 89 points.