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Russia: New laws against Transgenders, Bisexuals and Gays
Date: 13 November 2011 | Posted By : by Polina Savchenko
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On November 11, 2011, legal committee of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly introduced a draft law about prohibition of the so-called propaganda of 'sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and ->-bleeped-<-, and pedophilia to minors' and introduction of administrative offence. The bill was introduced by United Russia. This law seeks to demonize LGBT communities.
By combining homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality into one law with sexual crimes against minors (pedophilia), members of the Legislative Assembly indulge in gross manipulations of public opinion. Their goal – to pass an anti-democratic law, directed at severely limiting human rights in St. Petersburg.
Russia's not exactly a beacon for the advancement of civil liberties to begin with. They don't even have a free press, and we're surprised that they're suppressing free assembly for LGBT people? They've been doing crap like this for more than a century, it's the norm at this point for the Russian government to drive its jackboots into the throats of its citizens. Medvedev is a puppet, we know who's really in charge over there *cough* Putin *cough*.