Elton John is not without opinions.

Thank god.

He performed in St. Petersburg over the weekend and had a few things to say about the anti-propaganda laws that discriminate against LGBT people in Russia.

Elton blasted the government for their recent removal of a statue of Apple founder Steve Jobs because his successor, Tim Cook, came out publicly as gay last month.

According to a transcript provided by partner, David Furnish, on Facebook, the singer said: ‘How dignified that St Petersburg should erect a memorial to Steve Jobs, the remarkable founder of Apple. But last week it was labeled ‘homosexual propaganda’ and taken down!

‘Can this be true? Steve’s memory is re-written because his successor at Apple, Tim Cook, is gay? Does that also make i-pads gay propaganda? Is Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music ‘sexually perverting?

As a gay man, I’ve always felt so welcome here in Russia. Stories of Russian fans – men and women who fell in love dancing to’Nikita’ or their kids who sing along to ‘Circle of Life’ — mean the world to me.

‘If I’m not honest about who I am, I couldn’t write this music. It’s not gay propaganda. It’s how I express life. If we start punishing people for that, the world will lose it’s humanity.

‘Hate is ugly. Love is beautiful.’

Elton had met with LGBTI groups and they supported his visit and praised his speech, Furnish wrote.

Furnish added that while some artists have chosen to boycott Russia altogether, the LGBTI groups the couple spoke to were against that.

‘They said a boycott would further isolate them and push them deeper into the cracks of society,’ he wrote.

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