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Contents:

• RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW
• THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS & THE WAR UKRAE
• THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS AND THE WAR UKRAE
• THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS & THE WAR UKRAE
• EXGAY CALLG
• WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT RSIA’S SO-CALLED ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
• ANTI-LGBTQ OFFICIAL LLS FOR THORI TO VTIGATE NETFLIX FOR PROMOTG “GAY PROPAGANDA”

RSIA: EXPAND 'GAY PROPAGANDA' BAN PROGRS TOWARD LAW

The proposals prohib sharg posive and even ntral rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, and publicly displayg non-heterosexual orientatns, wh hefty f for nonpliance. The origal “gay propaganda” ban, troduced 2013, purported to protect children om “propaganda, ” broadly fed to mean any posive or ntral pictn or discsn of non-heterosexual relatns.

The draft legislatn classifi displays of non-heterosexual relatns or orientatn as “rmatn harmful to children’s health and velopment” and provis that webs and other onle sourc hostg rmatn about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people n be blocked. “The 2013 ‘gay propaganda’ law was an unabashed example of polil homophobia, and the new draft legislatn amplifi that broar and harsher ways, ” said Tanya Loksha, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. From acunts of exile and torture, to stori of ristance, this film shows a si of the nflict Ukrae the world has not yet productn, box office & pany PhotosMore like thisBe the first to reviewContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was This Is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights & the War Ukrae (2015) officially released Canada English?

THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS & THE WAR UKRAE

From acunts of exile and torture, to stori of ristance, this film shows a si of the nflict Ukrae the world has not yet seen through terviews wh LGBTQ Ukraians who have suffered displacement, legal harassment, and worse, as Rsia imposed s laws agast “gay propaganda” on a regn still illegally occupied while the world acquiced to the vasn and s impact on queer people.

Sce showg excerpts om This is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights and the War Ukrae at a panel Montréal 2015, Bociurkiw’s fearls (and fearsome) documentary enjoyed a world premiere Poland, a Canadian premiere at the Vanuver Queer Film Ftival (2015) and has jt been screened to muni across Ukrae, where at least once was met wh right-wg hooligan threats. We observe how gay activists the Amerin Psychologil Associatn who are uned Divisn 44 (the “LGBT” sectn) have ed gnive dissonance to lu dienc to ncludg that therapy for unwanted same-sex attractns is highly unsirable, harmful even.

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THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS AND THE WAR UKRAE

He liberately let them thk for example “crash occurs at 45 km/hour”, the Task Force liberately lets you thk “homosexualy has been proven to be merely a normal variant, therefore therapy nnot possibly be appropriate”. “When asssg the appropriatens of therapy, to what extent is homosexual behavr nsistently associated wh forms of ternal disfort, and to what extent n unrlyg ternal be intified and nsired to be problems worth tacklg, if they exist at all. Unr the circumstanc, acrdg to the gnive dissonance theory, the dividual will change his attu about his/her group membership and will not pla about the shallowns, empts, falsens or major health hazards of the gay inty.

THIS IS GAY PROPAGANDA: LGBT RIGHTS & THE WAR UKRAE

The mechanism is actively utilized by the gay members of Divisn 44 of the Amerin Psychologil Associatn who are everywhere to be found advisory mte of other anizatns. In 2019, they even generoly advised lay and gay activists how to fool Amazon to letg all books by Nilosi and others, as long as the letn self is not done unr their profsnal name. In an op-ed (opn article) the New York Tim January 2018, he prented gnive dissonance the tle of his say: “I was tortured Gay Conversn Therapy, and ’s still legal 41 stat”.

The aim of radil gay-lib is to prevent younger generatns om fdg opposg thoughts and facts, thereby makg sure that the unsubstantiated world-view of APA Divisn 44 will reign supreme. 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. 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.

EXGAY CALLG

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) youth Rsia face formidable barriers to enjoyg their fundamental rights to digny, health, tn, rmatn, and associatn. In Rsia, antipathy towards homosexualy and genr variance is not new—LGBT people there have long faced threats, bullyg, abe si their fai, and discrimatn—but the 2013 “gay propaganda” law has creased that social hostily. And while Rsian ernment officials and parliament members claim that the goal of the “gay propaganda” law is to protect children om potentially harmful subject matter, the law fact directly harms children by nyg them accs to sential rmatn and creasg stigma agast LGBT youth and their fai.

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

While some LGBT youth told that teachers had supported and protected them, many others said their teachers characterize LGBT people as a symptom of perversn imported om Wtern Europe or North Ameri, mirrorg the polil homophobia that motivated the passage of the “gay propaganda” law the first place.

Some explaed that they felt forced to speak about sexual orientatn and genr inty only phemisms, or to say explicly at the outset of unselg ssns that they nnot and will not dissemate “gay propaganda” attempts to dispel advance any notn that they are vlatg the law.

ANTI-LGBTQ OFFICIAL LLS FOR THORI TO VTIGATE NETFLIX FOR PROMOTG “GAY PROPAGANDA”

On June 10, 2013, Yelena Mizula, the thor of the law at the State Duma, the lower chamber of Rsia’s parliament, told reporters that the Deti-404 webse did not nstute “gay propaganda” unr the law. Instct relevant law enforcement agenci, such as the office of the prosecutor general, the Mistry of Interr, and the Invtigative Commtee, to gather data about homophobic and transphobic crim, and make such data publicly available.