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• FIRST RSIA, THEN HUNGARY, NOW ROMANIA IS CONSIRG A 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW 
• RSIA MOV TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• RSIA NOT ONLY COUNTRY WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
• RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL

FIRST RSIA, THEN HUNGARY, NOW ROMANIA IS CONSIRG A 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW 

Rsia's World Cup volunteers have warned they will hunt down gay England fans and report them to police if they see them kissg publicPublished: 9:00, 28 Jun 2018Updated: 9:02, 28 Jun 2018RUSSIA'S World Cup volunteers have warned they will hunt down gay England fans and report them to police if they see them kissg public. LGBT rights groups say homophobic attacks have rocketed sce print Vladimir Put approved the ntroversial law outlawg the promotn of a gay liftyle to mors 2013. Although sexual activy between gay people was crimalised 1993, homosexual upl are not eligible for the legal protectns offered to heterosexuals Rsia.

RSIA MOV TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE

Dpe beg slammed for the recent crease social discrimatn, crim and vlence agast homosexuals, big ci such as Mosw and Sat Petersburg are said to have thrivg LGBT muni. In a report issued April 2012, a panel of five expert advisers to the Uned Natns Human rights Council nmned the wave of torture and killgs of gay men Chechnya.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Public OpnRearch atttus towards LGBTQ+ issu Rsia have intified a strong opposn to LGBTQ+ rights, reflectg unrlyg homophobic Surveys of Rsians believe gays and lbians should be elimated om societyOrthodox Christian Support for Church's Posn of Refg to Perform Same-Sex MarriageSupport for Same-Sex Marriage of Rsians agree that same-sex marriage should be legal of Rsians would not want a homosexual neighbor of Rsians believe homosexuals should be isolated om society believe homosexuals should be physilly stroyed of Rsians would not want a homosexual neighborHistoryHomosexual activy Rsia? "Vari by RegnAlthough legal most of Rsia, Chechnya there is a facto crimalizatn of homosexualy and attacks agast homosexuals are nstantly ignored by the police. “Unr the new law, which still needs the approval of the upper hoe of parliament and Print Vladimir Put, any actn or rmatn that is nsired an attempt to promote homosexualy - whether public, onle, or films, books or advertisg - uld cur a heavy fe.

”Fe as punishmentIn 2013, Rsia troduced a law known as "for the Purpose of Protectg Children om Informatn Advotg for a Denial of Tradnal Fay Valu" (known worldwi as the "gay propaganda law") which prohibs the promotn of homosexual topics. Illegal some ntexts Homosexuals n be protected om cement to hatred and/or discrimatn on the basis of Articl 136 and 282 of the Crimal Co of the Rsian Feratn, albe directly;LGBT employment discrimatn Rsia?

None of the documents nta any direct rtrictn or ban for homosexual people to adoIllegalRsian Print Vladimir Put signed a law on Wednday banng the adoptn of children by same-sex upl, as part of an creasgly nservative agenda the Kreml is pursug sce his return to power. " Also, Febary of 2010, Prime Mister Vladimir Put stated an terview that gays are not banned om servg the Rsian armed donatns by MSMs Rsia? “This landmark cisn unrl that the Rsian ernment is on the wrong si of history, supportg and enablg homophobia and privg LGBTI people of their basic human rights.

RSIA NOT ONLY COUNTRY WH ANTI-GAY LAWS

“We ll on the Rsian thori to immediately end all forms of discrimatn agast LGBTI people, repeal the homophobic law on ‘propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns’ and take all measur to fully protect LGBTI people and their human rights, cludg the right to fay.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe role of gay soldiers, the lack of legal rights for their partners, and the threat of Rsia imposg anti-L. In Ukrae, they do not have the tomatic right to vis a hospalized partner, to share property ownership, to re for a ceased partner’s children, to claim the body of a partner killed war or to llect ath benefs om the Dolzhenko/EPA, via ShutterstockBut the war is addg impet to a drive to legalize gay marriage, wh a petn recently reachg the sk of Print Volodymyr Zelensky llg for same-sex partners to have the same rights as heterosexual upl, cludg the right to marry. Zelensky n cle to act on the petn, or endorse by draftg a gay rights bill and sendg for a vote Parliament, where his erng Servant of the People Party has a sizable majory.

People has taken on add urgency at a time when Mosw is seizg terrory and apparently plans to annex to Rsia, where sexual mori routely face official and unofficial discrimatn, homophobia and social Ukrae, the sight of L. “When we fend the untry, we dismantle Rsian propaganda about all gay people beg munists, Marxists, and anti-Ukrae, ” said Viktor Pylypenko, who has been fightg Ukrae’s eastern Dombas regn and is the director of an anizatn of L. People Ukrae routely face discrimatn, though not as wily as Rsia, and pri events the untry have been marred by threats and vlence om anti-gay protters and far-right attus have been changg Ukrae, where homosexualy was crimalized 1991, but the extent of that change is unclear.

RSIA ENACTS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BAN

The gay rights movement was energized by the 2014 Maidan revolutn, which oted Ukrae’s pro-Mosw print and helped epen ti between gay activists and other branch of civil society. BUCHAREST -- Romania is nsirg a bill that would ban mors om beg exposed to so-lled "gay propaganda" schools and public life, spe warngs om rights groups that would "fuel Rsian propaganda and disrmatn mpaigns" and restate censorship the former munist untry. "If a child is on the street and se a Pri march, or if he or she se a story about gay issu on televisn, or watch a film approved by the Romanian thori that has LGBT issu, " the would all be illegal unr the law, Ion-Rotar said.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL

One article of the proposed law says that a child "has the right to be protected agast the spreadg of ntent through any means about the viatn om sex which is tablished at birth (by a doctor) or the popularizatn of sex change or homosexualy. In Romania, marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex upl are already banned, but supporters of the referendum hoped that by changg the wordg of the nstutn to say that marriage uld only be between a man and a woman rather than "partners, " as currently stands, they would prevent gay marriage om ever beg enshred law. “This legislatn is the latt a strg of asslts on the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, this time unr the bric of state-ced transphobia.

“First Rsia tried to erase lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr inti om public view, and now they are targetg transgenr people themselv, ” Reid said. “Rsia should reverse s outrageo policy and ensure rights to inty, fay life, and medil re for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people – startg wh reversg the anti-trans law. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.