More than 50 people have been detained in Moscow after two gay bars experienced heavy police raids in the Russian capital on October 11. Photos and videos of these raids were posted on two pro-Russia telegram channels, with one of the posts showing masked police officers storming into the central club in downtown Moscow, shouting […]
A male medic was arrested in Moscow on Monday, October 7 for “satanism” and “promoting same-sex relationships”. In recent years, Russia has intensified a legal crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in defence of what it calls “traditional family values”. In July 2023, Russian lawmakers outlawed legal or medical changes of gender for transgender Russians, and a […]
Shalva Papuashvili, a Georgian parliamentary speaker, has signed into law a “family values” bill curbing LGBTQ+ rights, just weeks before a high-stakes parliamentary election. Lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream party, which says the law is necessary to protect Georgia’s Orthodox Christian church from outsiders, approved the bill in September, which bans gender transitions and […]
Russia, which in 2023 ruled the LGBTQ+ movement to be “extremist”, before outlawing it in the country, has said it’s “absolutely sure” that the spread of Mpox is “not something we need to be afraid of” because gays don’t exist in the country. The alert declaring Mpox a clear and present danger to the international […]
Several hundred LGBTQ+ activists and allies, including Ukrainian soldiers, marched in central Kyiv on June 16 to demand the government grant them more rights as they took part in the first Pride march in the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than two years ago. Protected by riot police, demonstrators demanded the […]
Two online film distributors have been charged with offences under Russia’s so-called ‘LGBT propaganda law’. The companies, Kinopoisk and Restream Media, face an administrative case for the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships” or “gender reassignment” online, according to the notice posted on Wednesday. Separate charges were filed on Wednesday against two Kinopoisk and Restream Media […]
A Russian court has ordered a bar administrator and its art director to be placed in custody, accusing them of organising an “extremist organisation” under new legislation criminalising the LGBTQ community. They will remain in custody until May 18 and face up to 10 years in prison, according to the court in southwestern Russia. This […]
On Saturday 16 March, protestors attended the London Speak Out against Putin’s increasing persecution of LGBTQ+ communities and in solidarity with Russian LGBTs who are fighting back. The rally, which took place outside the Russian Embassy in London and was jointly organised by All Out and the Peter Tatchell Foundation, was one of 13 Speak […]
In the wake of Russia’s decision to label the “international public LGBTQ+ movement” as extremist, the situation for LGBTQ+ people within the country has reached a critical point. Facing increased danger, it’s become too dangerous for many to remain in Russia. On Saturday, March 16, take part in a worldwide moment of solidarity – organised […]
In response to yesterdays’ ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court which designates the “international public LGBT movement” extremist and effectively outlaws any public activity related to LGBTQ+ issues, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “This shameful and absurd decision represents a new front in the Russian authorities’ campaign against the LGBTQ+ […]
