The Cambridge History of Gay and Lbian Lerature - November 2014
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23 - RSIAN GAY AND LBIAN LERATURE
The legislatn’s vague ntent mak very difficult for mercial servic to know how to rpond, acrdg to Yekatera Tyagay, a partner at Pen & Paper, Attorneys at Law. It nnot be led out that even a passg mentn of "non-tradnal relatnships" books, prted publitns or on screen uld be classified by the thori as “propaganda, ” Tyagay told The Mosw Tim. Librarian Kosarevsky, who is openly gay, was fired om his job after he revealed that he was the one who leaked the list of banned books an terview last month.
“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. "Last December, Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed a law expandg rtrictns on the promotn of "LGBT propaganda", effectively banng gay, lbian and genr-diverse people om any public exprsn of their liftyle. Earlier legislatn has been ed for years to stop gay pri march and ta mt pass three readgs the State Duma lower hoe of parliament before beg sent to the upper hoe and then to Print Vladimir Put for signg.
Rsian shops are clearg the shelv of any novels featurg LGBT characters for fear of fallg foul of “gay propaganda” laws, while librari are hidg texts wrten by “foreign agents, ” a Soviet-era term ed by the Rsian thori.