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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
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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.
RSIAN LAWMAKERS PROPOSE EXTENDG 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW TO ALL ADULTS
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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.
LONG-NNG LGBTIQ+ WEBSE BLOCKED WH RSIA
Apart om activists prottg Mosw and Sat Petersburg, most gay Rsians have attempted to mask their inty, makg difficult for Wterners to know what ’s really like to be gay Rsia. But one gay Rsian teenager is changg this... * russia gay ru *
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.
: IMAGG RSIAN SEXUALI A QUEER WORLD
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” 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.
RSIAN GAY FAY FLE TO SPA AFTER THREATS
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. 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.
MEET THE GAY RSIAN TEENAGER USG TWTER TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA
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.
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.
‘OUR MERE EXISTENCE IS ILLEGAL.’ AS MOSW TOUGHENS ANTI-GAY LAW, LGBTQ RSIANS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE
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.
"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.