“For years, Russian authorities tried to erase LGBT visibility and now they have criminalized it,” Tanya Lokshina said.
Gay right activists attend a rally as they mark World Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Saint Petersburg on May 17, 2019.the safety and welfare of LGBTQ people in the country by deeming what it terms the “international LGBT public movement” as “extremist.
“This is a deeply cynical move aimed at dehumanizing and persecuting the entire LGBTI community. Sadly, in Russia’s prevailing climate of rampant state-promoted homophobia, it does not come as a surprise,” Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, People in Russia have already been criminalized for wearing and posting pride flags on social media. In late January, a woman in Nizhny Novgorod wasfor the display of a rainbow flag on a social media platform. Additionally, in early February, a woman in Saratov was
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