Tag: Gay propaganda law
Recent reports out of Estonia have surfaced, marking the first public enforcement of Russia's Supreme Court decision that categorises LGBTQ+ activism as extremist, resulting in penalties against individuals for displaying rainbow symbols.
This legal action aligns with Russia's ongoing efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ expressions, underlining the government's commitment to...
In a significant move, Russian authorities have imposed a fine on a local streaming platform for the first time under the country's law prohibiting "Gay propaganda."
According to reports by The federal media regulator Trikolor Kino i TV, based in St. Petersburg, was fined 1.2 million rublesNZD 28,1000 ) by...
The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has removed a contemporary ballet about Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire due to the expansion of the so-called "gay propaganda law," outlawing materials that promote an LGBTQ+ lifestyle, and restricting the "demonstration" of LGBTQ+ behaviour.
As a result of the law passed in...
Russian citizens will now be subjected to stricter restrictions and discrimination following President Vladimir Putin’s signing of a bill to expand on the so-called ‘gay propaganda law.'
The so-called ‘gay propaganda law,’ was originally signed in 2013 and banned media from ‘promoting’ “non-traditional values,” including same-sex relationships and gender diversity,...
Social media giant TikTok has been fined in Russia after refusing to delete what sensors describe as “LGBT propaganda.”
Russian authorities issued the fine on Tuesday, the 4th of October, for violating Russia’s ‘gay propaganda laws’ prohibiting the promotion of LGBTQ+ content to under-18s.
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was accused of...
LGBTQ+ rights activists have raised concerns that Russian lawmakers are attempting to expand on the nation’s so-call ‘gay propaganda’ law.
The anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that was first passed into law in 2013 currently criminalises the sharing of LGBTQ+ inclusive content with young people; however, it could soon be expanded to further...
New legislation that would see Romanian schools banned from using any materials that "promote" being LGBTQ+ has been approved by the nation's Senate and could soon become law.
Following success in the Senate, the bill will now be debated in Romania's Lower House has been sold as a measure to...
