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ANTI-GAY VIRAL VIO STIRS OUTRAGE AHEAD OF RSIAN REFERENDUM
"Advot say the ban has been over a the December, Put signed a law expandg rtrictns on the promotn of "LGBT propaganda, " effectively banng any public exprsn of their liftyle by lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr people Rsia. Earlier legislatn has been ed for years to stop gay pri march, ta activists, and, many LGBTQ Rsians say, stil a culture of fear among those who live what the Kreml lls "non-tradnal liftyl". "Rsia has allowed genr chang on IDs sce 1997, four years after crimalised homosexualy.
"Last December, Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed a law expandg rtrictns on the promotn of "LGBT propaganda", effectively banng gay, lbian and genr-diverse people om any public exprsn of their liftyle. Earlier legislatn has been ed for years to stop gay pri march and ta mt pass three readgs the State Duma lower hoe of parliament before beg sent to the upper hoe and then to Print Vladimir Put for signg.
Bledniy, a 37-year-old Rsian blogger, knew he was gay at 12 years old. “As a child, when I realised that I was gay, I also realised that I was the lonelit person on pla Earth, bee the only gay person I knew was me.