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Articles with tag "LGBT"

Trans Woman Charged With Justifying Terrorism Launches Hunger Strike in Jail

Olga Sivushkova was arrested in January for allegedly sharing a link to an interview with a spokesman for the Freedom of Russia Legion, a Ukraine-based...

In First, Russia Identifies Member of Banned ‘International LGBT Movement’

The Justice Ministry identified journalist Vadim Vaganov as an “activist” from the non-existent “international LGBT movement.”
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Russia Labels Elton John AIDS Foundation ‘Undesirable’ Organization

Authorities accused EJAF of “promoting non-traditional sexual relations... and gender reassignment” despite its stated goal of AIDS prevention and...
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Transgender Russian Woman Dies at Dutch Asylum Shelter

Alisa Serova died after an alleged drug overdose, according to a Dutch organization that assists LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.
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Russia Issues First Prison Sentence for ‘LGBT Extremism’

Russia’s Supreme Court outlawed the so-called “international LGBT movement” as an “extremist” organization in November 2023.
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European Court Rules Russia Violated Free Speech of LGBTQ+ Website Managers

ECHR said Russia’s restrictions on content presenting same-sex relationships as equal to heterosexual ones violated the six plaintiffs’ freedom of...
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Russian Court Blocks Fast Fashion Retailer Shein's Website Over LGBTQ+ Bracelet

Russia’s consumer protection came across the “illegal” bracelets while “monitoring” websites that sell LGBTQ+ products, according to a court...
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Russian Man Arrested for Organizing LGBTQ+ Tours Dies in Police Custody

Andrei Kotov, the director of the travel agency Men Travel, was charged last month with taking part and organizing “extremist” activities.
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‘My Government Doesn’t See Me as a Citizen’: Russian Ex-State Worker Reflects on Being Outed, Forced Into Exile

Denis Leontovich said he wished to share his story “to help others who remain in Russia and fear similar persecution.”
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LGBTQ+ Support Group in Russia’s Yekaterinburg Closes Amid ‘Anti-Queer Pressure’

Lupta’s closure comes almost a year after the Russian Supreme Court banned the so-called “international LGBT movement” as “extremist.”
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Russian Ex-Official Outed as Gay Flees Country, Denounces War

Denis Leontovich, an ex-employee of the Samara region’s youth policy agency, was accused of belonging to a “secret gay lobby” that influences young...
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Moscow Arrests Man for ‘LGBT Propaganda’ and ‘Satanism'

Russia banned what it called the "international LGBT movement" in November last year.
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Russian MPs Back Adoption Ban on Countries Allowing Gender Reassignment

MPs said they wanted to ensure that adopted Russian children would not go through gender reassignment abroad.
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Russian Streaming Website Kinopoisk Fined $110K for ‘LGBT Propaganda’

A Moscow court also fined the company for “propaganda of pedophilia.”
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Documentary Explores the Intersectional Struggle of Queer, Indigenous People in Russia

“Intersections” ventures into territory previously unexplored.
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Russian Lawmakers Urge Sberbank to Remove Rainbow Unicorn from Kids' Bank Cards Over ‘LGBT Symbols’ 

The State Duma’s Family, Women and Children Committee said that “rainbow symbols” are an attribute of the banned “international LGBT movement.”...
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Dagestan Man Caught in Gay Entrapment Scheme Flees Russia – Activists

The Dagestani police force has allegedly been carrying out an entrapment scheme against gay men with the goal of exposing “an entire network” of LGBTQ+...
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Russia’s First Transgender Politician Says Detransitioned Due to Threats

Yulia Alyoshina said she had received “insider information that the Russian authorities want to lock me up in a psychiatric hospital.”
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‘We Will Go Underground’: Russia’s Drag Artists Forced Into the Shadows

In an interview with MT, a former member of Moscow’s drag collectives describes life and drag under Russia’s intensifying anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions...
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Russia’s First Transgender Politician Announces Detransition

Roman Alyoshin, who previously went by the name Yulia Alyoshina, dropped his bid to run for governor in Siberia’s Altai region last year.
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