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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 06:34 PM Aug 2013

the law in question being you can't promote homosexuality to minors.

In 2013, Russia's government adopted a federal bill banning the distribution of "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" to minors. The law imposes heavy fines for using the media or internet to promote "non-traditional relations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Russia


Doesn't sound like genocide to me....

- The age of consent currently stands at 16 since 2003, regardless of sexual orientation.
- Transsexual and transgender people can change their legal gender after corresponding medical procedures since 1997.[note 1]
- Homosexuality was officially removed from the Russian list of mental illnesses in 1999 (after endorsing ICD-10).
- There is currently no legal recognition of same-sex couples in Russia, and same-sex marriages are not allowed. Public support for gay marriages is at 16% as of 2013.[10][11]
- Single persons can adopt children, regardless of sexual orientation, but only married heterosexual couples can adopt children together, as a couple.[note 2]
- Gay people (at least officially) can serve in the military on a par with heterosexual people since 2003.[2]

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