Meet the Gay Rsian Teenager Usg Twter to Combat Homophobia

Contents:

• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
• RSIAN LAWMAKERS PROPOSE EXTENDG 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW TO ALL ADULTS
• LONG-NNG LGBTIQ+ WEBSE BLOCKED WH RSIA
• : IMAGG RSIAN SEXUALI A QUEER WORLD
• RSIAN GAY FAY FLE TO SPA AFTER THREATS
• MEET THE GAY RSIAN TEENAGER USG TWTER TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA
• ‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE

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

On Monday, Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed to effect the “gay propaganda” bill, which Rsian lawmakers unanimoly approved November. It also prohibs Rsians om promotg or “praisg” homosexual relatnships or publicly suggtg that they are “normal.

What do the “gay propaganda” bill say? The new “gay propaganda” bill expands on existg legislatn that was adopted by the Kreml 2013 to promote “tradnal” fay valu Rsia. The 2013 law prohibed pictns of homosexualy, same-sex unns, and “non-tradnal sexual relatns” to be shown to mors.

” Some lawmakers have also shown support for an pennt bill that would make any so-lled “gay propaganda” a crimal offense, acrdg to the Associated Prs. Rsia crimalized homosexualy 1993, but homophobia and discrimatn is still rife. Petersburg and Mosw have been marked by state vlence and arrts, while an crease the number of attacks on LGBTQ people throughout Rsia—both by dividuals and by anized homophobic groups—creased after the 2013 law, acrdg to a 2014 report published by Human Rights Watch.

RSIAN LAWMAKERS PROPOSE EXTENDG 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW TO ALL ADULTS

Read More: Rsia’s Anti-Gay Laws: How a Dutch Activist Got Cght the Crosshairs How are human rights advot rpondg to this law? In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights led that Rsia’s “gay propaganda law” was discrimatory, promoted homophobia, and vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights and that “served no legimate public tert.

” The urt rejected suggtns that public bate on LGBTQ issu uld fluence children to bee homosexual or that threatened public morals. In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti.

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.

LONG-NNG LGBTIQ+ WEBSE BLOCKED WH RSIA

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. Ten years ago, a bill was passed banng so-lled "gay propaganda" relatn to children. Human rights groups say that was followed by a rise vlent homophobic attacks Rsia.

But the fear generated by the legislatn is already leadg to censorship: onle cemas have leted LGBT-themed films and TV seri and eded out gay scen. In one episo of the highly-acclaimed HBO seri The Whe Lot, a Rsian streamg service changed the word "gay" to "man", eded a towel onto one male character's bare backsi and leted a gay sex scene, jt days after the law was ptn, The book Shattered, about the romance between two men, has been heavily redacted RsiaBooks, too, are beg censored. The text has been redacted by the publisher, wh whole sectns replaced wh black of the -thors of the law, an openly homophobic natnalist lled Valy Milonov, agre to speak to me via violk.

: IMAGG RSIAN SEXUALI A QUEER WORLD

The Rsian ernment has blocked accs wh the natn to a popular gay webse, sayg vlat the law agast "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns" venu accsible to mors. "As is ctomary s ncted by the thori, is impossible to prehend what exactly the urt emed promotn of homosexualy, " the LGBT Network has been operatn for 20 years, verg LGBT news Rsia and om around the world. In 2013, when the so-lled gay propaganda law was passed, the ernment notified the se was not vlatn.

REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File PhotoLONDON, July 11 (Rters) - Rsian lawmakers have proposed extendg a ban on the promotn of "non-tradnal" sexual relatnships to mors to clu adults as well, a senr legislator said on 's existg "gay propaganda" law, passed 2013, has been ed to stop gay pri march and ta gay rights activists. Authori say they are fendg moraly the face of what they argue are un-Rsian liberal valu promoted by the Wt, but human rights activists say the law has been broadly applied to timidate Rsia's LGBT the proposed chang, any event or act regard as an attempt to promote homosexualy uld cur a fe.

RSIAN GAY FAY FLE TO SPA AFTER THREATS

"Homosexualy was a crimal offence Rsia until 1993 and classed as a mental illns until 1999. Has been liverg lol LGBTIQ+ news for over 20 years and was prevly told that was not vlatn of the "gay propaganda" law, which passed 2013. Source: gay.

MEET THE GAY RSIAN TEENAGER USG TWTER TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA

Homosexualy was emed a crimal offence Rsia until 1993 and classed as a mental illns until Rsia’s LGBT+ muny has been unr mountg prsure sce 2013 when the Kreml adopted a gay “propaganda” law as part of a drive to fend what Put lled Rsia’s “tradnal valu” mpaigners said the law has not only been ed to prevent pri events and to ta activists but has had far wir impact, wh vlence agast gay people on the rise and creased hostily om the wir muny. “It sentially started a hunt for gays.

” “Before the ‘gay propaganda’ law was strsful - you had to hi your sexual orientatn to avoid harassment...

In several public statements durg his third term, Put has stated there is no discrimatn of gay people Human Rights Watch has scribed the 2013 law as a tool for anti-gay discrimatn g wh a rise vlence and harassment of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people and homophobic hate speech by some officials and public figur.

‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE

A few months later Rsian urts orred the blockg of two proment onle LGBT+ rourc - Rsia’s olst gay news se and, an outlet about gay men and HIV - which were acced of spreadg gay “propaganda” Augt, the same happened to Deti-404, the only onle support group for gay teenagers weeks after the arrts St. Petersburg, a urt North Cs led not to open a crimal vtigatn to the arrt and torture of Maxim Lapunov, a gay man om Chechnya, an tonomo regn the south of the was the sixth time Lapunov lost a requt for a crimal se to reports of more than 100 gay men beg round up and ortured Chechyna October 2017. Kondakov blamed a media mpaign backg the gay “propaganda” law cludg “psdo-documenatri” on state-n TV which gay people were lled “fective”.