Mosw Court Upholds 100-Year Ban On Gay Pri Events : The Two-Way : NPR

Contents:

• GAY PARAS BANNED MOSW FOR 100 YEARS
• SUPPORTERS HOLD GAY-PRI PARA IN MOSW -- AT LEAST VIRTUALLY
• EUROPEAN URT F RSIA FOR BANNG GAY PARAS
• RSIA'S FIRST EVER GAY PRI BANNED WH 24 HOURS OF BEG ANNOUNCED
• RSIAN DUMA PASS LAW BANNG 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
• RSIAN CY ALLOWS GAY PRI PARA THEN BANS ‘BEE CHILDREN MIGHT SEE ’
• GAY PRI PARA RSIAN VILLAGE OF 7 RINTS GETS CANCELED
• EUROPEAN COURT RUL FAVOR OF RSIANS DENIED RIGHT TO GAY PRI EVENTS
• MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS
• GAY TIKTOK UPLE ARRTED RSIA

GAY PARAS BANNED MOSW FOR 100 YEARS

Image ptn, Nikolay Alexeyev has been mpaigng for years for the right to stage gay paras RsiaMosw's top urt has upheld a ban on gay pri march the Rsian pal for the next 100 years.

SUPPORTERS HOLD GAY-PRI PARA IN MOSW -- AT LEAST VIRTUALLY

Earlier Rsia's bt-known gay rights mpaigner, Nikolay Alexeyev, had gone to urt hopg to overturn the cy uncil's ban on gay had asked for the right to stage such paras for the next 100 also oppos St Petersburg's ban on spreadg "homosexual propaganda".

The European Court of Human Rights has told Rsia to pay him Friday he said he would go back to the European Court Strasbourg to ph for a regnn that Mosw's ban on gay pri march - past, prent and future - was Mosw cy ernment argu that the gay para would risk g public disorr and that most Mv do not support such an September, the Council of Europe - the ma human rights watchdog Europe - will exame Rsia's rponse to a prev European Court lg on the gay rights issue, Rsian media report. It had nsired Mosw's ban on gay paras verg the perd on this story. ET, March 8, 2022Rsian Orthodox Church alleg gay pri paras were part of the reason for Ukrae warFrom CNNs Delia Gallagher RomeRsian Patriarch Kirill celebrat a Christmas service at the Christ the Savr thedral Mosw, Rsia, on January 6.

(Kirill Kudryavtsey/AFP/Getty Imag)The lear of the Rsian Orthodox Church said gay pri paras were part of the reason for the war Ukrae.

EUROPEAN URT F RSIA FOR BANNG GAY PARAS

”The “tt” of which si you are on, said Kirill, is whether your untry is willg to hold gay pri paras.

“In orr to enter the club of those untri, is necsary to hold a gay pri para.

RSIA'S FIRST EVER GAY PRI BANNED WH 24 HOURS OF BEG ANNOUNCED

Not to make a polil statement, ‘we are wh you, ’ not to sign any agreements, but to hold a gay para. The European Court of Human Rights led 2017 that the 2013 law is discrimatory, promot homophobia and vlat the European Conventn on Human Rights. The urt found that the law “served no legimate public tert, ” rejectg suggtns that public bate on LGBT issu uld fluence children to bee homosexual, or that threatened public morals.

Homosexualy was crimalized Rsia 1993, but homophobia and discrimatn is still rife. Speakg before Put signed the bill to the law on Monday, Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch said: “The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways. Last year, Mosw's top urt banned gay-pri paras the cy for 100 years.

Supporters of gay rights Rsia to offer a creative rponse. To make s ia for an onle para a realy, M&C Saatchi partnered wh the anizers of New York Cy's pri march and RUSA LGBT, a lol advocy anizatn for Rsian-speakg gays.

RSIAN DUMA PASS LAW BANNG 'GAY PROPAGANDA'

Two members of RUSA LGBT, a lol New York Cy advocy anizatn for Rsian-speakg gays, at New York's gay-pri para on June 30. The cisn granted legally married gay upl the Uned Stat the same social benefs as those available to oppose-sex married upl. The msage was an apparent reference to feral legislatn that passed Rsia's upper hoe of parliament on June 26 that crimaliz "gay propaganda" and impos f on those found to be vlatn of the ban.

On June 25, Put had lled gays and lbians "full members of our society.

"Hopefully this project raised a b of awarens outsi of Rsia about what gays the untry are prived of -- and hopefully some of them felt proud of the project, too. Image ptn, The leadg mpaigner Nikolai Alexeyev has weled the urt's cisnThe European Court of Human Rights has fed Rsia for banng gay paras Mosw, an important victory for the untry's gay muny.

RSIAN CY ALLOWS GAY PRI PARA THEN BANS ‘BEE CHILDREN MIGHT SEE ’

"This is a cripplg blow to Rsian homophobia on all acunts, " Mr Alexeyev said after the verdict was announced.

"The thori now have to ensure the secury of peaceful gay activists, and mt allow our protts to take place Mosw or any other cy Rsia. We will be applyg to hold a sixth gay pri event Mosw May 2011, " he told the BBC's Rsian service.

""Satanic"Gay rights mpaigners say that recent years, the thori Mosw and other major ci have rejected hundreds of requts for activists who have tried marchg the pal whout permissn have e unr attack om right-wg and relig groups, or were beaten up by Luzhkov, who was mayor of Mosw for 18 years before he was sacked last month by Print Dmry Medvev, scribed homosexuals as "satanic" lg by the European Court of Human Rights referred specifilly to Mr Luzhkov's views. Analysts say is not yet clear if the new mayor, Sergei Sobyan, will take a softer le on gay on this storyRelated Inter LksThe BBC is not rponsible for the ntent of external s. For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsWhat would have been Rsia’s first-ever gay Pri event has been ncelled wh 24 hours of beg announced.

GAY PRI PARA RSIAN VILLAGE OF 7 RINTS GETS CANCELED

A gay rights activist said the celebratn would be held the village of Yablonevy, near the town of Novoulyanovsk, which has a populatn of seven people. ”However, unnamed lol thori then said the “rmatn is not te” and strsed “we will not hold any gay paras” a statement to the Tass news agency. London Pri 2018: picturShow all 47Such paras are often shut down by Rsian thori due to a 2013 law which banned “homosexual propaganda” and monstratns supportg gay rights.

“I ma a cisn, there will be no gay para, ” he said. Media ptn, The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports on the vlent clash between gay rights mpaigners and anti-gay activists outsi the Rsian parliamentRsia's lower hoe of parliament, the Duma, has passed a law imposg heavy f for providg rmatn about homosexualy to people unr measure was passed unanimoly and will bee law when approved by the upper hoe and Print Vladimir Put, a virtual formaly.

EUROPEAN COURT RUL FAVOR OF RSIANS DENIED RIGHT TO GAY PRI EVENTS

Gay rights mpaigners clashed wh anti-gay activists outsi the lower hoe also passed a bill imposg up to three years jail on those who offend relig law the wake of the imprisong of members of the punk band Psy Rt for performg an anti-Put prott an Orthodox thedral Febary band members, Nazhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokha, are currently servg two-year jail new law on "offendg relig feelgs of the fahful" will also take effect after approval by the upper hoe and the print. Image ptn, Orthodox believers monstrated their support for the new law on relignGay rights mpaigners were attacked and there were no police to stop the vlence, says our rrponnt.

MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS

Unr the new law, private dividuals promotg "homosexual behavur among mors" face f of up to 5, 000 roubl (£100; $155) while officials risk payg 10 tim that amount. Homosexualy was crimalised Rsia 1993, but anti-gay sentiment is high. A recent poll found that nearly half of Rsians believe that the gay and lbian muny should not enjoy the same rights as other cizens.

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsThe mayor of a Rsian town agreed to hold a gay pri para then later reversed their approval bee children might wns the event. Nikolay Alexeev, a gay rights activist, said the mayor of Strezhovoy had agreed to hold the march, which was schled for 24 a post on Rsian social media se VK, Mr Alexeev said: “Strezhevoy may bee the first town Rsia where the gay para procsn will take place wh the approval of the thori. London Pri 2019: Bt pictur by The InpenntShow all 60The letter ced a law to protect “children om rmatn that may harm their health or velopment” also said the event uld be seen as LGBT+ propaganda and said the town may not be able to ensure the safety of year, another event which would have been Rsia’s first-ever gay pri event was ncelled wh 24 hours of s Alexeev said he had received permissn to hold the rally the village of Yablonevy, near the town of Novoulyanovsk, which has a populatn of seven lol thori later said the news was “not te” and strsed “we will not hold any gay paras”.

Support ee-thkg journalism and attend Inpennt eventsApplitns for gay pri paras are regularly turned down Rsia, due to a law banng “homosexual propaganda” Alexseev said he sent 378 requts to ci across Rsia an attempt to arrange the untry’s first gay pri published the official refals on his social media pag and said he plans to subm them to the European Court of Human Rights. A village of seven people had reportedly been schled to host the first-ever Rsian gay pri para thorized by lol thori, LGBT activists said Wednday, however, a lol official said Thursday that the event had been the past , lol admistratns have eher banned gay pri paras outright or backtracked on earlier promis to allow them, often cg a 2013 law banng “homosexual propaganda” among mors. Gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev said Wednday that the head of a small town on the Volga River had granted a requt to hold a gay pri monstratn a nearby village.

GAY TIKTOK UPLE ARRTED RSIA

She’s allowed a gay pri the village of Yablonevy, wh a populatn of 7 people, ” Alexeyev wrote on social media Wednday.