Rsian LGBTQ activist Yelena Grigoryeva was killed after beg listed on a "Saw" movie-spired webse that offered priz to people who hunt gays. (“Пила”)
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- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- RSIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST IS KILLED AFTER BEG LISTED ON GAY-HUNTG WEBSE
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
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.
RSIAN LGBTQ ACTIVIST IS KILLED AFTER BEG LISTED ON GAY-HUNTG WEBSE
Legislatn troduced 2013 which banned the promotn of so-lled gay propaganda to mors has been expand to rporate all age means that films, lerature, journalism, advertisg - anythg which actively promot the notn of non-tradnal sexual relatns or which advot a change of genr will be punishable wh hefty n reach up to 400, 000 bl for dividuals (£5, 500) or five ln bl for legal enti (£70, 000).
Others have been labelled foreign agents and have left the is not clear how many tens of thoands om the LGBT muny have fled sce 24 Febary, pecially given the fear of mobilisatn to the notorly homophobic Rsian armed forc but Mr Komov says he needs to fend the rights of those who is worried that the new legislatn will worsen trends of vlence, forced outg, tfishg and extortn of Rsia's LGBT muny and provi a permissive environment for ever-worseng hate speech.
"Homophob now openly pare LGBT people wh fascists and Nazis, " Mr Komov says. "Sce Febary, LGBT changed om ordary opponents who were created as targets of the state iology, a homophobic iology by the way, and we beme almost the ma enemy. "Dpe the growg rtrictns, the gay scene ci like Mosw, St Petersburg or Sochi over the past was pretty vibrant.