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homophobic violence erupt in russia since the passing of these laws over the summer. andre, how is wearing a shirt like that or hat or article that says principle 6 on it not a target to say pick on me or a target to somebody who would disagree with that person wearing that article of clothing? >> sure. this is not a political statement, this is about principles of the principles we're standing up for is anti-discrimination and basic values of olympic movement. what we hope to see in soichi is many different people, athletes, lgtb and otherwise, who want to make the statement, want to stand up and speak out. >> real quickly, athletes who agreed, hudson, to wear the gear are? >> we have almost 34 athletes that have joined the campaign, many of which would like to show support for principle 6 at the games. it's not clear where they would be allowed to do so. we know there's a growing movement of people speaking out on principle
through these hats to be able to show that type of support at the olympics. we know because of the propaganda laws and issues, people were trepidatious? >> this is a time to speak out, tom daley being an example. we know there are athletes hole be competing at the olympic. this an opportunity to show support for those athletes especially in the wake of the law that's directly pointing them out, directly putting them in harm's way. by supporting them we can use principle 6 to support lgtb russian community because we know the games are going to come and go. there's going to be a population of people still affected by these laws. the hope is to use principle 6 to support athletes at the games, also to support in russia. >> realistically we've seen
the campaign is called principle 6. here to tell us is the founder and director hudson taylor and co-founder and executive director of all-out, andre banks. here you've got your principle 6 shirts on. lets talk about what principle 6 is. explain how you were able to utilize principle 6 in a way that talks about the propaganda law in a more thoughtful way. >> principle 6 is inspired by principle 6 of the olympic charter which talks about the value of anti-discrimination what we thought was lets give athletes, coaches, fans, people around the world a way to celebrate the value and not violate anti-russia gay laws, rules but make this positive stance in soichi and ahead of soichi. >> why do you think it's critical for those who feel strongly against what's going on in russia now to have a visible way like through these shirts or
met someone. they make me feel so happy, so safe. everything just feels great. and that someone is a guy. >> big news from british diving star tom daley admitting he's happy, in a committed relationship and it happened to be with a man. the 19-year-old bronze medalist goes on to say he's the same person and can't wait to compete for gold in the 2016 summer olympics in rio. meanwhile, months away from winter olympics in soichi russia. that country known for passing arch laws, preventing the lgtb community itself to show support with rainbow flags. now, two organizations may have found a clever way to get around these laws even allowing fans and athletes to visibly take a stand against them.