Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning public expression of LGBTQ+ behavior or lifestyle, in a crackdown on supposed 'LGBT propaganda.' | via philstarlife
The existing law has already been used to stop gay pride marches and detain gay rights activists, Reuters reported.Fines range up to 400,000 roubles for individuals and five million roubles for organizations. Foreigners, meanwhile, could face up to 15 days of arrest and expulsion from Russia.
The New York Times noted that the 2022 law doesn't specify what"propaganda" means, though the 2013 law says it's the form of “dissemination of information aimed at the formation of nontraditional sexual attitudes among minors." The 2013 law says imposition of information about these relationships “that arouses interest in such relations” amounts to propaganda, as well as the “distorted idea of the social equivalence of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations.
Aside from the law's vague wording, Kochetkov also pointed out that the situation of the LGBTQ+ community in Russia was"already very dire" even before the bill. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1993, but homophobia and discrimination remained prevalent. Russia is ranked 46th out of 49th European countries that are inclusive to LGBTQ+ communities, according to the region's ILGA-Europe.
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