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A pro-LGBT rights "Rainbow flash mob" that took place on International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Saint Petersburg, 2009. The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) in Russia and its historical antecedents (the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire) has largely been influenced by the political leanings of ...
In 2016, Russia was rated the second least LGBT-friendly nation in Europe by ILGA-Europe. [8] In 2024, the status of LGBTQ rights in Russia was ranked the worst out of the 49 countries surveyed within Europe. [9] In December 1917, after the October Revolution, the Russian Soviet Republic (later the Russian SFSR) decriminalised homosexuality. [10]
Moscow International LGBT Pride Festival was first celebrated in 2006 and was the subject of the documentary Moscow Gay Pride '06.. Although life in modern Russia allows many more liberties for gay men and lesbians than it did before the fall of communism, unofficial discrimination and fear are still rampant.
Police carried out raids on gay venues in Russia late Friday, two online Russian news outlets reported, one day after the country’s top court ruled to ban the “international LGBTQ movement ...
The highest estimate is 250,000 convictions, but LGBT rights groups in the Russian Federation tend to estimate 60,000 convictions. [40] The first official information was released only in 1988, but it is believed to be about 1,000 convicted a year.
Currently, 67 countries criminalize same-sex relations by adults, according to Human Rights Watch. Russia's Court Ban of the 'LGBTQ Movement' Is the Latest Global Move Against Inclusion Skip to ...
Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.
The European Court of Human Rights dismissed the case without comment in June 2008. Murzin was not only criticized by conservatives and religious leaders, but also by LGBT activists who questioned the timing of the litigation, noting that Russia had no anti-discrimination laws at the time. [92] [93]