Du, du hast, du hast mich, du hast mich du fag

In a pointed protest of Russia's anti-LGBTQ policies, two members of the German metal band Rammstein shared a kiss during their concert in Moscow on Tuesday. As The Independent reported, guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kissed while playing Auslander, a 2019 single that takes its name from the German word for foreigner. The moment was widely praised for its defiance of Russia's "gay propaganda" law, which prohibits "the promotion of nontraditional sexual relationships" to minors. Human rights advocates say the broad law, adopted in 2013, is harmful to LGBTQ youths, preventing them from accessing educational information and resources including mental health services. In 2017, a European court called the law discriminatory, noting that it "had reinforced stigma and prejudice and encouraged homophobia." The public kiss took place days after Yelena Grigorieva, a prominent LGBTQ activist, was found dead with stab wounds and signs that she had been strangled. And unlike another of their songs claims, America ist NICHT wunderbar at the moment either, and will never be until the Donald, his covfefe, and his imaginary bone-spurs have all left 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.