Lawmakers in Moscow banned gender-affirming health care for adults this week, the latest law restricting LGBTQ+ rights in Russia.
Russia's newly proposed anti-transgender legislation is drawing comparisons to Republican efforts to restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the United States.
Lawmakers in Russia, the government of which has long viewed as hostile toward LGBTQ+ rights, tout the legislation as protection from"the Western anti-family ideology." However, critics say the bill will cause undue harm to Russia's transgender community.
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