Rsian lear sists natn do not discrimate on basis of sexual orientatn; gay pri flag on US embassy beme a target for homophobic protts
Contents:
- U.S. EMBASSY MOSW FLI GAY PRI FLAG
- RSIAN JEWISH REGN’S ‘GAY’ FLAG IS KOSHER!
- RSIA'S JEWISH FLAG IS NOT GAY, KREML EXPERT SAYS
- RSIA CREATED A "FLAG FOR STRAIGHTS" TO FIGHT "GAY FEVER"
U.S. EMBASSY MOSW FLI GAY PRI FLAG
A group of Lat Amerin activists cid to fy Rsian anti-gay laws wh a ltle help om their soccer jerseys * russian gay flag *
The flag is not often displayed public Rsia due to a ntroversial law that prohibs “homosexual propaganda toward mors” and persistent anti-LGBT attus across the untry.
Dpe backlash agast the flag om Rsian lawmakers and right-wg groups, Mv snapped some photos ont of the flag a show of support for gay rights:. Crics say the clse would effectively prevent gay marriage om ever beg legalized Rsia.
RSIAN JEWISH REGN’S ‘GAY’ FLAG IS KOSHER!
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This photo shows two men kissg and holdg the popular gay romance novel "What If It's Us. The flag's June 25 unveilg also marked the 42nd anniversary of the rabow flag's first appearance at a gay pri para San Francis 1978.
Dpe gradually improvg opns, gay rights ntue to be a ntent topic Rsia, wh one five Rsians believg that LGBT people should be “elimated, ” acrdg to a poll nducted April. 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.
RSIA'S JEWISH FLAG IS NOT GAY, KREML EXPERT SAYS
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. “Y, we passed a law banng the propaganda of homosexualy among mors.
”The legislatn has been ed to stop gay pri march and ta gay rights said durg the mpaign to change the nstutn that he would not let the tradnal notn of a mother and father be subverted by what he lled “parent number 1” and “parent number 2” Friday, the head of the Women’s Unn of Rsia, Ekatera Lakhova, told Put that she feared an ice cream wh the brand name ‘Rabow’, as well as other multi-loured advertisg, uld nstute propaganda for non-tradnal valu and have a harmful effect on children, the RIA news agency reported. As a gay man a untry that ma anti-gay iology a foundatn of s anti-Ukrae propaganda, he feared for his life every day. In his seven years as a gay activist, Maysky has never seen Rsian-speakg LGBTQ+ immigrants g to California such great numbers.
RSIA CREATED A "FLAG FOR STRAIGHTS" TO FIGHT "GAY FEVER"
Petersburg who left Rsia after his parents threatened to sue his therapist who backed him receivg hormone therapy; and Ivan, 18, who is gay, half Rsian and half Ukraian, and “didn’t want to kill people. Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia’s anti-gay laws. “My parents are very nservative and they don’t believe gay people should exist, ” said Max, who didn’t disclose his last name for fear of retaliatn agast his parents who live St.
Most of his iends are the closet or fled the untry — and many of them, he said, were vlently attacked by anti-gay groups before they left. Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia due to anti-gay laws.