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Russian influencers hunted down & forced to apologize for kissing
Video posted to TikTok and Insta could have “harmed minors psyche,” say authorites.
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Gay soldier flees Russian missile strike during speech honoring Ukrainian LGBTQ+ servicemembers
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, LGBTQ+ citizens have stepped up to fight, terrified of what a Russian victory could mean for their rights.
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Russian tennis champ Daria Kasatkina worries about going home after coming out
“It’s difficult that I cannot see the people I love, often.”
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Russia’s largest LGBTQ+ organization has returned after the government forced it to close
And it’s ready to challenge Putin’s latest crackdown on LGBTQ+ people.
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Russian libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from their shelves after Putin signs harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law
The new law comes as conservatives in the U.S. push for schools to remove LGBTQ+ content from their libraries.
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This man refuses to let LGBTQ+ history be erased as Russia prepares to strengthen gay propaganda law
Pyotr Voskresensky has opened an LGBTQ+ history museum in St. Petersburg that will likely be illegal by the end of the week.
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Russian lawmaker calls Peppa Pig’s lesbian bear moms a “tool of war”
“LGBT is nowadays a tool of hybrid war, and in that hybrid war, we must protect our traditional values.”
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Russia’s top tennis player Daria Kasatkina comes out
“Judging by [the way] things are going now, it will never be OK” for LGBTQ people to hold hands in public, she said.
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Russian leaders want to expand its “gay propaganda” ban to include adults
The law bans gay propaganda to minors. Now a Russian lawmaker wants to ban pro-LGBTQ speech directed at people of any age.
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LGBTQ Ukrainians are fighting back in the wake of Russian invasion
“Putin will break all his teeth trying to bite us.”