URGENT: today in Russia, a terrible bill passed in the Russian parliament’s lower house that censors all things considered “gay”. It’s our local partners’ worst nightmare and we need your help.
This vote comes off the back of two brutal anti-gay murders in Russia, and the trial of a major LGBT rights organisation today.
Tell world leaders to STOP the crackdown, add your name:
www.allout.org/russia-attacksREALLY IMPORTANT
This really is happening, and it’s scary as hell.
“Update June 12: the situation is worsening. Russia has just passed a new anti-gay law makes it illegal even to say the word “gay”. People in Russia standing up against the crackdown are urging All Out members to keep growing the petition to help draw the attention of world leaders and the media.”
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By a margin of 436 votes to nil, the Russian parliament voted on Tuesday to ban the distribution of information about homosexuality to children, preventing “the propaganda of non traditional sexual relations”.
Here Steve Rosenburg reports for BBC Newsnight on the vote and what it says about Russia today, and afterwards Newsnight’s Jeremy Paxman discusses the move with Valeriya Perfilova, a Russian singer who was awarded the title of “honoured Artiste of Russia” by President Vladimir Putin, and Anton Krasovsky a former Russian TV presenter who “outed” himself on air and was subsequently sacked for doing so.