February 04, 2026

Now Queen is LGBT Propaganda


Now Queen is LGBT Propaganda
Members of the British band Queen dressed in drag for their "I Want To Break Free" music video. Verstka, Telegram.

On January 31, a Moscow man was fined for posting pictures of the members of the band Queen in drag from the music video of their song "I Want to Break Free." The court determined that the man was guilty of spreading "LGBT propaganda."

On March 26, 2025, Muscovite David Gevondian, 21, was charged with "extremist and LGBT propaganda." He was accused of posting images on his VKontakte page of "men dressed in women's clothes and accessories (children's hairclips)," "men dressed in women's clothes," and men kissing. A city court considered these pictures "LGBT propaganda." Gevodian was fined R100,000 ($1,309) for each image.

While facing "LGBT propaganda" charges, Gevondian was also accused of "extremism" for allegedly posting images of an organization called "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" with the caption "Russia and a car brand are brothers forever." He also reportedly accompanied his post with a picture of two hanging men. Gevondian was sentenced to ten days in administrative jail. Mediazona, which originally broke the story, could not find the original post.

Gevondian challenged the charges of "LGBT propaganda." He claimed that the images were stills from the British band Queen's 1984 music video, for their song "I Want to Break Free," so it was not LGBT propaganda. However, the judge rejected his claims, saying, "Posting a photo of Queen members dressed in women's clothing has no musical connotation." The court claimed that Gevondian's post provided "positive assessments of the rationale for non-traditional sexual relations" and that it "distorted" relationships between men and women, "destroying family values."

 

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