LGBT activists target brands cludg Stolichnaya and Rsian Standard rponse to ban on 'gay propaganda'
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RSIA TO GAYS: SHUT UP AND DISAPPEAR
As a gay man a untry that ma anti-gay iology a foundatn of s anti-Ukrae propaganda, he feared for his life every day. In his seven years as a gay activist, Maysky has never seen Rsian-speakg LGBTQ+ immigrants g to California such great numbers. Petersburg who left Rsia after his parents threatened to sue his therapist who backed him receivg hormone therapy; and Ivan, 18, who is gay, half Rsian and half Ukraian, and “didn’t want to kill people.
Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia’s anti-gay laws. “My parents are very nservative and they don’t believe gay people should exist, ” said Max, who didn’t disclose his last name for fear of retaliatn agast his parents who live St. Most of his iends are the closet or fled the untry — and many of them, he said, were vlently attacked by anti-gay groups before they left.
Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia due to anti-gay laws. A survey published 2020 by Mosw-based non-ernmental rearch anizatn the Levada Center, found that about 30% of Rsians wanted to isolate gay people om society.
RSIA FAC VODKA BOYTT BACKLASH AGAST ANTI-GAY LAW
One of the rearchers, Ekatera Kochega, told NBC News that many Rsians “would not want to see gay people existg. Although is not illegal to be an LGBTQ+ person Rsia, a ago the Kreml passed a so-lled “gay propaganda law” banng the distributn of rmatn about gay relatnships among mors.
Maksim and Dmrii say they n’t wa to marry and start a fay, somethg that they, as gay men, wouldn’t be able to experience back home. The Olympic Wter Gam Sochi have shone a spotlight on the stat of gays and lbians Rsia. In particular, attentn has foced on the anti-homosexual “propaganda” law, which was approved by the Rsian parliament a 436-0 vote last June.
But when to public opn Rsia, newly released data om a 2013 Pew Rearch Center survey suggts a siar reactn is unlikely: nearly three-quarters of the Rsian populatn (72%) thk that homosexualy is morally unacceptable, wh only 18% sayg is acceptable or not a moral issue. In Rsia, homosexualy tops the list of unacceptable behavrs even parison to other ntroversial issu, such as abortn and alhol nsumptn. Nearly equal numbers of men and women and young (18-29) and old (50+) thk homosexualy is morally unacceptable.