Anti-Gay Propaganda Laws: Time for the European Court of Human Rights to Overe Her Fear of Commment on JSTOR

Contents:

• RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW
• PUT EXPANDS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN, THREATENG LGBTQ CRACKDOWN
• THOANDS MARCH JOYFUL BUCHART PRI AS ERNMENT MULLS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
• GAY TIKTOK UPLE ARRTED RSIA
• RSIA: EXPAND ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW
• SIX US CONSERVATIVE GROUPS SIGN STATEMENT SUPPORTG RSIAN ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN
• RSIA’S PARLIAMENT PASS LAW BANNG ‘GAY’ AND ‘PEDOPHILIA’ PROPAGANDA
• RSIAN MP LLS FOR BAN ON BETY AND THE BEAST OVER 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
• RSIAN LAWMAKERS PROPOSE EXTENDG ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ LAW TO ALL ADULTS
• 'NOT SRED': RSIAN TEEN CHARGED UNR 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW SAYS HE'LL KEEP PROTTG

RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW

The proposals prohib sharg posive and even ntral rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, and publicly displayg non-heterosexual orientatns, wh hefty f for nonpliance. The origal “gay propaganda” ban, troduced 2013, purported to protect children om “propaganda, ” broadly fed to mean any posive or ntral pictn or discsn of non-heterosexual relatns. The draft legislatn classifi displays of non-heterosexual relatns or orientatn as “rmatn harmful to children’s health and velopment” and provis that webs and other onle sourc hostg rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people n be blocked.

PUT EXPANDS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN, THREATENG LGBTQ CRACKDOWN

“The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways, ” said Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

THOANDS MARCH JOYFUL BUCHART PRI AS ERNMENT MULLS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL

The 2013 “gay propaganda, ” law has been extensively ed by the ernment to stifle pro-LGBT events and to shutdown anizatns and onle media.

“The proposed legislatn and the origal ‘gay propaganda’ ban have no place any society and belong the trash. Move outlaws portrayal of gay relatns books, films, mediaMeasure expands law to ver adults as well as childrenPeople wave rabow flags durg a rally Sat Petersburg 2017. Photographer: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty ImagRsian Print Vladimir Put signed to law on Monday a sweepg ban on the posive portrayal of gay relatnships books, films, the media and the Inter, regardls of ban on “propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns” expands Rsia’s 2013 law that prohibed the promotn of homosexualy to children.

The new legislatn now mak illegal to prent posive imag to adults of gay relatnships media and NextPut Expands ‘Gay Propaganda’ Ban, Threateng LGBTQ Crackdown.

GAY TIKTOK UPLE ARRTED RSIA

In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.

Thoands march joyful Buchart Pri para ahead of proposed anti-‘gay propaganda’ bill (Ilona Andrei/AFP via Getty Imag). Buchart Pri drew huge crowds as the untry’s ernment nsirs a bill parable to Rsia’s so-lled “gay propaganda” ban. A cross-party group of MEPs spoke out about the proposed piece of legislatn June, llg a “worryg velopment”, and parg to Rsia’s “gay propaganda” bill.

RSIA: EXPAND ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW

Any ntent the ernment fds to “viate om sex at birth [or promot] the popularisatn of sex chang or homosexualy” would be prohibed unr the measure.

The young woman who only intified herself to Dimrov by the name Elena said that sce the latt passage of laws cludg expansn of the Rsia’s “gay propaganda” law to clu adults last December, upled wh the crackdown by the Rsian Feral Service for Supervisn of Communitns, Informatn Technology and Mass Media, abbreviated as Roskomnadzor, on any webs and on popular phone apps that ter to LGBTQ people, she has now begun efforts earnt to leave the untry. In addn, “we mt not fet that by changg the sex of one of the partners, a homosexual uple gets the right to adopt a child. The proposals prohib sharg posive and even ntral rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, and publicly displayg non-heterosexual orientatns, wh hefty f for nonpliance.

SIX US CONSERVATIVE GROUPS SIGN STATEMENT SUPPORTG RSIAN ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BAN

“The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways, ” said Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

The 2013 “gay propaganda, ” law has been extensively ed by the ernment to stifle pro-LGBT events and to shutdown anizatns and onle media.

Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later. The Illois-based World Congrs of Fai, which works to promote anti-gay and anti-choice legislatn abroad, issued a prs release today toutg s participatn a worldwi work of nservative groups workg to bolster Rsia’s recent “gay propaganda” ban.

RSIA’S PARLIAMENT PASS LAW BANNG ‘GAY’ AND ‘PEDOPHILIA’ PROPAGANDA

Also signg the statement were the Catholic Fay and Human Rights Instute, whose print At Re has spoken out support of the Rsian law; Missn: Ameri, the group led by nservative rad personaly Lda Harvey; GrasstopsUSA, a group lked to World Congrs of Fai spokman Don Fer; the anti-choice Populatn Rearch Instute; and a Christian group lled His Servants that sells such books as “An Ounce of Preventn — Preventg the Homosexual Condn Today’s Youth. Anti-Gay Propaganda Laws: Time for the European Court of Human Rights to Overe Her Fear of Commment on JSTOR. Rsia’s lower hoe of parliament on Thursday passed a new law banng all forms of “gay propaganda, ” as well as the “propaganda of pedophilia and sex change” among adults.

Rsia, one of the most hostile plac for the LGBTQ muny, has already banned “gay propaganda” among mors and has ed the law to ta activists and stop gay pri march. Rsia is aga crackg down on s LGBTQ muny, wh lawmakers movg to further rtrict activi seen as promotg gay Thursday, lawmakers the Rsian parliament approved a bill that wins the rtrictns on "LGBT propaganda" that already exist among mors.

Non-rints uld be expelled om Rsia and some s uld rult a 15-day tentn before the bill is an expansn of the "gay propaganda" law that was adopted by the Kreml nearly a ago, prohibg the promotn of LGBTQ liftyl aimed at children.

RSIAN MP LLS FOR BAN ON BETY AND THE BEAST OVER 'GAY PROPAGANDA'

Rsian rt police taed gay rights activist durg World Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia Sat Petersburg on May 17, 2019. Although homosexualy was crimalized Rsia nearly 20 years ago, European watchdog ILGA-Europe ranks the untry 46th out of 49 European natns for LGBTQ cln. In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights led that the origal eratn of the "gay propaganda" law is discrimatory, serv "no legimate public tert" and vlat the European Conventn on Human Rights.

RSIAN LAWMAKERS PROPOSE EXTENDG ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ LAW TO ALL ADULTS

Rsian policians are weighg a chance to the untry’s Fay Co that would prevent transgenr cizens om changg their legal genr to match their actual bill is named for Yelena Mizula, a legislator who took a learship role wh Rsia’s “gay propaganda” bill 2013. MOSCOW — Rsian lawmakers on Thursday gave their fal approval to a bill that signifintly expands rtrictns on activi seen as promotg gay rights the untry, another step a years-long crackdown on the untry’s embattled LGBTQ muny.

The new bill expands a ban on what thori ll “propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns” to mors, tablished by legislatn dubbed the “gay propaganda” law.

”“Governments mt work to ensure that all dividuals n eely enjoy the human rights and fundamental eedoms to which they are entled, ” the spokperson told The Epoch Follows ‘Gay Propaganda’ BanLate last year, Rsia drew the ire of Wtern officials when enacted a law prohibg what scribed as “LGBT propaganda.

'NOT SRED': RSIAN TEEN CHARGED UNR 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW SAYS HE'LL KEEP PROTTG

” Unr that legislatn, perceived attempts to promote homosexualy— public, onle, or films, books, and advertisg—were ma punishable by fancial law has reportedly sce been voked to ban “gay pri” march Rsia and ta pro-LGBT the time, U.

”When the first law was passed a ago, Victoria Nuland, then servg as State Department spokwoman, said would “severely rtrict eedom of exprsn and assembly for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr dividuals, and for all Rsians. Embrace what I believe are strange and trendy ias, like dozens of genrs or gay pri paras, so be , ” Mr. A lg party MP Rsia has sought to have the new Disney mil Bety and the Beast banned for peddlg “gay propaganda” Milonov wrote to the culture mister, Vladimir Medsky, askg him to check the film for so-lled homosexual propaganda and llg for s forthg release to be ncelled, the state news agency RIA Novosti mors rmatn about homosexualy has been illegal Rsia sce 2013.