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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. The 2013 law prohibed pictns of homosexualy, same-sex unns, and “non-tradnal sexual relatns” to be shown to mors.

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” 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.

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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.

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That’s how Maxim wound up close enough to Stepan that they uld see each other on Hor, a gay hookup app.

Rsia has been stokg homophobia the regn ever sce Rsia enacted s so-lled “gay propaganda ban” ne years ago.

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So they lived quietly, always reful about who knew they were gay. Many queer people fled the new regime, and the fear that queer people might be targeted seemed to e te 2015, when the one gay club the regn was raid by separatists, who beat and robbed the patrons.

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They were still reful about who they told they were gay — Stepan didn’t even feel fortable tellg the doctor at the clic where he got his HIV treatment.

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While many LGBTQ people enthiastilly enlisted, many other queer people, like Stepan and Maxim, didn’t believe the ary would be a safe place for them bee of wispread homophobia. They were aaid they would be targeted as gays if Rsian-aligned troops ptured their town.

They shared a small room wh seven other gay men — and five ts — everyone sleepg si by si on mattrs on the floor. All the rints were gay men or trans women wh male documents, and the whole buildg was on edge as they strategized wh volunteer se workers about how to get whe tickets and leave the untry.