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In Sochi gay rights debate, stars stay offstage

By Lynn Elber
Published February 17, 2014 2:01pm ET
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In Sochi gay rights debate, stars stay offstage
FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2013, file photo taken for the Arcus Foundation, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge mingles with guests at the launch of Uprising of Love, a social movement dedicated to supporting the Russia Freedom Fund, in New York. The Russia Freedom Fund, founded by Melissa Etheridge, Linda Wallem, Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen and Greg Propper, works for long-term, systemic change in the status and treatment of Russia's LGBT community. (John Minchillo / AP Images for Arcus Foundation, File) | John Minchillo

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combination appeared custom-made for a grand display of Hollywood activism: a stirring human rights cause and the international platform that is the Winter Olympics.

But halfway through the competition, film and TV stars have been background players in the outcry against Russia’s policies governing gays.

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