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There are 35 item(s) tagged with the keyword "lgbt".

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1. Now Queen is LGBT Propaganda

A Moscow man was fined for "LGBT propaganda" after posting pictures from Queen's 1984 music video, "I Want to Break Free."

Tags: politics, censorship, dissent, social issues, music, lgbt
2. Sexual Anarchy, Too Much for the FSB

A court fined a bookstore chain for novels that contained "sexual anarchism."

Tags: books, regions, censorship, literature, lgbt
3. Watch Only Half an Episode

A Russian TV channel cut half an episode of a popular sitcom for jokes that implied a character might be gay.

Tags: social issues, internet, Film & TV, lgbt, censorship
4. Russia's War on Books: A Censored Translation

A Russian publishing house censored a part of an American author's book that advocated for trans rights.

Tags: government, laws, books, censorship, lgbt, literature
5. Manga Library Fined as "Destructive"

Online manga library Mangalib has been fined R14 million by a Moscow court for “LGBT propaganda.”

Tags: literature, banned, lgbt, manga, censorship
6. The Persecution Doesn't Stay at Home

A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania.

Tags: lithuania, repression, politics, censorship, russians abroad, lgbt
7. Russia's War on Books

Police in arrested 10 current and former employees of Russia's largest publishing house on charges of "LGBT propaganda."

Tags: arrest, Moscow, lgbt, books, censorship, dissent
8. Maxine's Journey

What if you loved your country, agreed with its policies, but it didn't quite love you back?

Tags: transgender people, gender, war in ukraine, conspiracies, conscription, military, lgbt
9. Words from Jail: "Optimism Is My Diagnosis"

A trans man was sentenced to 12 years in a women's jail. Despite bullying and threats, he remains resilient.

Tags: dissent, war in ukraine, political prisoners, lgbt, trans men
10. Making a List

The Ministry of Internal Affairs may be creating a database of LGBT persons to make future prosecutions easier.

Tags: law, dissent, lgbt

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