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Title: Kazakhstan’s Senate passed a ban on LGBTQ+ “propaganda.”
Post by: Jessica_Rose on December 19, 2025, 02:37:37 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on December 19, 2025, 02:37:37 PM
Kazakhstan's Senate passed a ban on LGBTQ+ "propaganda." The president will probably sign it.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/kazakhstans-senate-passed-a-ban-on-lgbtq-propaganda-the-president-will-probably-sign-it/
Alex Bollinger (19 Dec 2025)
The Senate of Kazakhstan passed a bill banning advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality yesterday, just a month after the Central Asian nation's lower chamber passed the same law. The bill now heads to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is expected to sign it.
The bill, modeled on Russia's ban on LGBTQ+ speech, included fines and jail time for people found to have spread pro-LGBTQ+ messages in the media (including education and advertising materials) or on social media. The bill bans "the use of media, literature, entertainment, and other events that promote non-traditional sexual relations and pedophilia," linking LGBTQ+ identities with child sex abuse, an old negative stereotype used to drum up support for homophobia.
Human rights organizations denounced the bill, including a coalition of seven international groups that said in a statement: "If adopted, the proposed amendments to a draft law on archival affairs would violate fundamental human rights and increase the vulnerability of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and other queer people (LGBTIQ+) in Kazakhstan."
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/kazakhstans-senate-passed-a-ban-on-lgbtq-propaganda-the-president-will-probably-sign-it/
Alex Bollinger (19 Dec 2025)
The Senate of Kazakhstan passed a bill banning advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality yesterday, just a month after the Central Asian nation's lower chamber passed the same law. The bill now heads to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is expected to sign it.
The bill, modeled on Russia's ban on LGBTQ+ speech, included fines and jail time for people found to have spread pro-LGBTQ+ messages in the media (including education and advertising materials) or on social media. The bill bans "the use of media, literature, entertainment, and other events that promote non-traditional sexual relations and pedophilia," linking LGBTQ+ identities with child sex abuse, an old negative stereotype used to drum up support for homophobia.
Human rights organizations denounced the bill, including a coalition of seven international groups that said in a statement: "If adopted, the proposed amendments to a draft law on archival affairs would violate fundamental human rights and increase the vulnerability of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and other queer people (LGBTIQ+) in Kazakhstan."