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St. Petersburg parliament temporarily postpones anti-gay law
St. Petersburg’s parliament on Wednesday said it would review a controversial bill banning so-called “gay propaganda that targets children.” The law — which has been slammed by critics as too discriminative — has been postponed in order to clarify its wording.
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Legislative assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia approves anti-gay law
Russia’s second city has passed a law banning so-called “gay propaganda.” The law, which has been rushed through the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, prohibits so-called propaganda of “sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors.”
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St. Petersburg latest Russian region to propose anti-gay law
Two regions of Russia – Arkhangelsk and Ryazan – have passed laws banning what they call gay “propoganda” — laws that have been deemed constitutional by Russian courts despite the chilling of free speech and the attack on LGBT organizing, and ability to protest that they represent. Now the St. Petersburg region wants to introduce a similar law.
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LGBT demonstrators in Russia attacked, jailed for unauthorized gay pride
Russian police have arrested at least 14 LGBT activists for holding a unauthorized gay pride demonstration in St Petersburg on Saturday.