Nothing new for the one or other. Anyway as the one or other might now or not know I am rather close to homosexual people and the sexuality.
I know things in Russia are for homosexual people very harsh. Well the whole "eastern part" of europe is not a that great place when it comes to that - Yugoslavia is not much better regarding that ...
But this is bill is a rather sad affair. I really hope things could change in Russia ... I mean and we see "democracy" as such civliced. If one can call Russia a "true" democracy that is ...
Political leaders in one of Russia’s biggest cities will this week vote on a bill designed to silence mention of homosexuality in schools, but which could also be used to end pride parades and pro-equality political actions.
The Bill, which is prompting outrage from global groups across the world, calls for harsh financial penalties for “public actions aimed at propaganda of pederasty, lesbianism, bisexuality, and transgenderism among minors” in the city of St. Petersburg.
Activists worry that if passed, the law would be used to block LGBTI activities anywhere that children could be present – any public space.
Amnesty International has urged the city’s authorities not to pass the Bill, saying it is discriminatory and would fuel anti-gay sentiment.
Russia has an unpleasant track record on gay rights, but things are slowly changing as gay businesses open up in its biggest cities since homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993.
But attempts to run Pride Marches in Moscow have been fraught with drama, as police ban the events each year, fearing violence between homophobes and marchers. This year’s event went ahead but the participants were attacked by an ultra-Orthodox protest group.
Take action: Over 150,000 people around the world have signed All Out’s online petition to stop St. Petersburg’s silencing law. The petition calls on world leaders to “stand with LGBT Russians whose ability to speak for themselves is under attack.”
Russias-bid-to-silence-gays.htm
I know things in Russia are for homosexual people very harsh. Well the whole "eastern part" of europe is not a that great place when it comes to that - Yugoslavia is not much better regarding that ...
But this is bill is a rather sad affair. I really hope things could change in Russia ... I mean and we see "democracy" as such civliced. If one can call Russia a "true" democracy that is ...
Political leaders in one of Russia’s biggest cities will this week vote on a bill designed to silence mention of homosexuality in schools, but which could also be used to end pride parades and pro-equality political actions.
The Bill, which is prompting outrage from global groups across the world, calls for harsh financial penalties for “public actions aimed at propaganda of pederasty, lesbianism, bisexuality, and transgenderism among minors” in the city of St. Petersburg.
Activists worry that if passed, the law would be used to block LGBTI activities anywhere that children could be present – any public space.
Amnesty International has urged the city’s authorities not to pass the Bill, saying it is discriminatory and would fuel anti-gay sentiment.
Russia has an unpleasant track record on gay rights, but things are slowly changing as gay businesses open up in its biggest cities since homosexuality was decriminalized in 1993.
But attempts to run Pride Marches in Moscow have been fraught with drama, as police ban the events each year, fearing violence between homophobes and marchers. This year’s event went ahead but the participants were attacked by an ultra-Orthodox protest group.
Take action: Over 150,000 people around the world have signed All Out’s online petition to stop St. Petersburg’s silencing law. The petition calls on world leaders to “stand with LGBT Russians whose ability to speak for themselves is under attack.”
Russias-bid-to-silence-gays.htm
