Gay bear vios: The bt of the bt

Contents:

• PHOTOS: BEEFY RSIAN GAY IN PAVEL PETEL SRED TO BE IN MOSW
• GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT
• AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY, RSIAN NEO-NAZI

PHOTOS: BEEFY RSIAN GAY IN PAVEL PETEL SRED TO BE IN MOSW

Petersburg’s secretive BEARsBURG society — a morn Rsian rnatn of a gay sub-group which origally veloped the Uned Stat toward the end of the 1970s as a reactn agast effemate stereotyp of queer men.

It’s a party behd an unmarked door a untry that has seen hate crim agast the LGBT muny crease sce the 2013 troductn of a law banng “gay propaganda among mors. Petersburg’s gay scene through social and cultural events.

Msagg apps like Telegram have provid new ways for Rsian gay men to build such works, as well-n group chats n create a sense of togetherns and clivy. Sce the troductn of the 2013 “gay propaganda” law, the Kreml has pursued an anti-LGBT agenda through laws that have rced LGBT visibily and enuraged the harng of anti-LGBT sentiment the wir populatn. Sce 2020, the nstutn specifi that marriage is a unn between a man and a woman, effectively banng gay marriage.

GAY BEAR VIOS: THE BT OF THE BT

Image source, RtersThe ntroversial Rsian ban agast promotg so-lled "gay propaganda" looks set to be extend to all move reprents a tougheng of an existg 2013 law, which mak providg rmatn about beg LGBT to children a crimal nvicted face large f for promotg what Rsia lls "non-tradnal sexual relatns" ial approval of the extensn was voted through by the Rsian State Duma unanimoly.

AN INTERVIEW WH A GAY, RSIAN NEO-NAZI

Unr the proposal, rmatn about "non-tradnal liftyl" or "the rejectn of fay valu" would be nsired legally the same as pornography, the promotn of vlence, or stokg racial, ethnic and relig also bans the "propaganda of paedophilia" - which the Rsian ernment often nflat wh beg gay.

Another element of the extensns prohibs rmatn which might "e mors to sire to change their sex", a reference to transgenr enacted, the law would allow any rmatn on the ter discsg LGBT topics to be blocked and films emed to nta posive pictns of beg gay to be banned.

Khshte, an MP om Mr Put's Uned Rsia Party, told the Duma that the "special operatn" - what the Rsian ernment sists on llg s war Ukrae - is happeng "not only on the battlefield, but also the mds and souls of people" rhetoric follows that of the Rsian print, who has ma beg anti-gay a rnerstone of his domtic agenda and thorarian speech annexg four Ukraian terrori last month, Mr Put ranted about fai wh a "parent number one and a parent number two" - what has been terpreted as a cricism of same-sex fai. He has portrayed Rsia's war Ukrae as a battle between those who support pro-Wtern gay pri events, and those who reject on this story. Image source, ThkstockA law Rsia banng "homosexual propaganda" has been nmned by crics, who say c hatred.