美剧《越狱》男主角文特沃斯•米勒日前在同性恋者反诋毁联盟网站上发表公开信，拒绝了俄罗斯圣彼得堡国际电影节官方邀请，同时承认了自己的同性恋身份，正式出柜。米勒在信中表示“作为一名同性恋者，我必须拒绝这个邀请”。41岁的米勒说：“我对俄罗斯政府目前对待男女同性恋者的态度深表忧虑，同性恋者在俄罗斯的境遇是完全无法接受的。我没有办法到一个全面剥夺我们这类人生活和公开相爱权利的国家参加庆祝活动。” 今年6月，俄罗斯议会通过一项法案，规定对组织同性恋游行或者为18岁以下人群提供同性恋相关信息的人处以高额罚金。1993年同性恋在俄罗斯合法化，但是民众反同的情绪却依旧高涨。俄罗斯的保守态度受到了西方政客和民间团体的抨击，同性恋组织曾发起活动抵制明年二月在索契举办的2014冬季奥运会。米勒的母亲为俄罗斯血统，在此之前，一直有媒体猜测他的性取向问题。

Wentworth, who was to be honoured at the festival, said he was "deeply troubled" by attitudes in Russia.

Prison Break star Wentworth Miller has refused an invitation to a film festival in St Petersburg in protest over Russia's new anti-gay laws.

"It would make me happy to say yes," he wrote in a letter to festival director Maria Averbakh. "However, as a gay man, I must decline."

Wentworth, who was to be honoured at the festival, said he was "deeply troubled" by attitudes in Russia.

In June, the Russian parliament overwhelmingly backed a bill which prescribes heavy fines for anyone organising a gay pride event or providing information about homosexuality to people under 18.

"I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government," wrote Wentworth, 41, in a letter posted on GLAAD's (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) website.

"The situation is in no way acceptable."

"I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly."

Homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia in 1993, but anti-gay sentiment is high.

It has been widely criticised by Western politicians and human rights groups, and gay rights campaigners have launched a tentative campaign for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, due to be held in Sochi in February.

Wentworth, whose mother is of Russian origin, is best known for his role in the award-winning TV series Prison Break, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006.

Most recently he wrote the screenplay for Stoker, starring Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, released in the UK earlier this year.

While his sexual orientation had been the subject of tabloid speculation, the actor had not publicly acknowledged he was gay until the letter was published.

(Source: BBC News)

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