Russian President Vladimir Putin signed new legislation which marked the final step in outlawing gender-affirming procedures, a blow to Russia’s already embattled LGBTQ+ community.
Russia’s National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow’s suburbs and fired at them.
The ban is said to stem from the Kremlin’s crusade to protect what it views as the country’s “traditional values.”against “Western anti-family ideology,” with some describing gender transitioning as “pure satanism.” Russia’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ people started a decade ago when Putin first proclaimed a focus on “traditional family values,” supported by the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 2013, the Kremlin adopted legislation that banned any public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” among minors. In 2020, Putin pushed through constitutional reform that outlawed same-sex marriage, and last year signed a law banning “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” among adults as well.
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