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“My Little Pony” convention raided by Russian authorities for “LGBT propaganda”
A pony in the show has a rainbow mane, and Russian television speculates that that was enough to inspire the raid.
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“Gay night” partygoers beaten in the snow by Russian authorities
Nine “feminine-looking” men are taken into custody and charged with spreading LGBTQ+ propaganda.
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Most Russians think there’s a secret LGBT group trying to undermine their society
A new study shows Russians are just as dumb as Americans when it comes to LGBTQ people.
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Gay activists in Russia arrested for celebrating Pride
Police sought to detain anyone holding a rainbow flag or other “gay propaganda” after a Pride parade was canceled in St. Petersburg.
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Children can’t see Beauty and the Beast in Russia because it’s ‘gay propaganda’
A Russian lawmaker claims the movie includes “overt and shameless propaganda of sin and sexual perversion under the guise of a fairy tale.”
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Russia forces UN to nix support for LGBT rights from tribute to outgoing leader
The U.N. Security Council eliminated a reference to one of the Secretary-General’s key achievements in a statement paying tribute to the outgoing chief.
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American minister expelled from Russia because he’s not antigay enough
Authorities claim he was about to perform a same-sex wedding. He says he was eating cookies and talking about old Roman mosaics.
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Russian crime gangs find gay men easy targets
Russian criminals have been emboldened by a law that made it a crime to expose children to gay “propaganda,” part of a Kremlin-backed effort to counter the decadent West.