Vladimir Luxuria

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, talks to the media while walking through the Olympic Plaza at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria was soon after detained by police upon entering the Shayba Arena to attend a women's ice hockey match. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, waits to receive her ticket at a box office for a women's ice hockey match as the Olympic flame burns in the background at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria was soon after detained by police upon entering the Shayba Arena to attend the women's ice hockey match. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, walks in Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/Steve Barker)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, walks in Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/Steve Barker)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, wears a rainbow scarf while sitting for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, wears a pro-transgender t-shirt as she sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, sits for an interview, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Luxuria said she was detained by police at the Olympics after being stopped while carrying a rainbow flag that read in Russian: "Gay is OK." Police on Monday denied this happened. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2008 file photo, Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, mimics a hanging outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in Rome during a candlelight demonstration for gay rights. Luxuria said on her website and Twitter feed that she was detained by Russian police late Sunday night, Feb. 16, 2014, when she held up a gay rights banner near the Winter Olympic park in the Russian city of Sochi. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)