IOC defends Monday's removal of gay activist

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.

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