A couple of weeks ago we asked you for your votes in the [Lovie Awards](http://winners.lovieawards.eu/). This week, it was announced that we've won in ten categories, pretty much placing us as the best of the web, the dons of the internet, or whatever the hell else you want to call it.

We won't bore you with the whole list, but we snagged the People's Lovie Awards for Best Website for VICE News, Best Editorial Writing for VICE.com, Best Music Website for Noisey, Best Public Service for our documentary _[Young and Gay in Putin's Russia](http://www.vice.com/en_uk/vice-news/young-and-gay-in-putins-russia-full-length) _and anInternet Viral Video award our [_First Kiss_ _Parody_](http://www.vice.com/en_uk/shorties/we-got-twenty-british-strangers-who-arent-models-to-kiss-each-other) video.

A special Shout out to Simon Ostrovsky for his work in the Ukraine on dispatch series [_Russian Roulette_](http://www.vice.com/en_uk/tag/Russian+Roulette), which earned him a Silver Award from the Lovies judging panel in the Best Web Personality category, and Aris Roussinos, who also won a Silver Award in Best Internet Video for _[Warlords of Tripoli](http://www.vice.com/en_uk/vice-news/warlords-of-tripoli-full-length)._

But mostly, we wanted to give a huge thanks to you guys for your votes &#x2013; our desks are gonna look a lot cooler with awards sitting on them instead of empty bowls of cereal.

Now here's a reminder of _Young and Gay in Putin's Russia_, in case you missed it the first time around:

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin banned gay "propaganda" in June last year, Russia's LGBT community went from being a stigmatized fringe group to full-blown enemies of the state. Homophobia becoming legislation means it's now not only accepted in Russia but actively encouraged, which has led to a depressing rise in homophobic attacks and murders.

The main aim of the law, which essentially bans any public display of homosexuality, is to prevent minors from getting the impression that being gay is normal. Which means that, if you're young and gay in Putin's Russia, you're ostracized and cut off from any kind of legal support network.

In part 1 we get a ride with Artem, a young driver for Moscow's gay taxi service "Our Taxi", meet Nikita, a 17-year-old activist who has been labeled a "propagandist" because of his LGBT rights YouTube channel, and Yulia, a young lesbian who started LGBT self defense classes after her favorite gay bar in Moscow was attacked by about 20 armed men in October 2012. 

Continue to part 2/5 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jWAtyyCYjM&list=PLw613M86o5o5vuc0LSpf_9hBaMnkWwmZJ&index=2

For further information on some of the issues raised, please visit http://www.stonewall.org.uk/international

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