Rsia's nasty 2013 law banng "gay propaganda" has found a clever way to prosecute and silence LGBTQ anizatns.
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'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. In 2013, the Kreml adopted the first legislatn rtrictg LGBTQ+ rights, known as the “gay propaganda” law that banned any public endorsement of “nontradnal sexual relatns” among mors. July 13 (Rters) - A popular Rsian streamg se was fed 1 ln roubl ($11, 105) on Thursday after a Mosw urt said failed to put an 18+ age ratg on a movie referencg LGBT urt said Ivi, which operat streamg webse, had labelled the Italian edy "Perfect Strangers" wh a 16+ ratg, breakg Rsia's strict laws banng the promotn of "non-tradnal" relatns to toughened s anti-LGBT laws last year, allowg thori to fe any dividual or anisatn found to have promoted homosexualy public, onle, or films, books or said would study the urt's lg and make a cisn about whether to appeal.
Lawmakers argue that Rsia's laws are necsary to protect society om what they see as nt "Wtern valu" groups say the laws are signed to outlaw reprentatns of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people (LGBT) public life.
The LGBT Network of Long Island, helmed by proment gay activist David Kilmnick who sourc say long bragged about his many polil nnectns, lost seven ntracts wh the state Department of Health Friday followg an vtigatn that began 2019. The move may be an effort to garner public support for Put by playg to cultural homophobia and transphobia. Petersburg-based Rsian LGBT Network is known for leadg actns agast the untry’s anti-LGBTQ polici and actns, cludg Chechnya’s anti-gay purge, which started makg ternatnal headl 2017, and the untry’s 2013 “gay propaganda” law, which prohibs the “promotn of nontradnal sexual relatns to mors.