Sochi Protests
The doping scandal wasn’t the only 2014 Olympic scandal. Leading up to the Sochi Olympics, many LGBT organizations protested the Games because of Russia’s many anti-gay laws. The Human Rights Watch, among others, called for a boycott of Sochi. Many countries voiced their protests for Russia’s laws, and Google even created a rainbow-colored Google Doodle that linked to a search for the Olympic Charter, which prohibits discrimination against athletes based on sexual orientation.