Russia makes first convictions for 'LGBT extremism' following ban [View all]
Source: NBCNews.com
Two Russian courts have meted out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the “international LGBT social movement” and which was designated as extremist last year.
On Thursday, a court in the southern region of Volgograd found a man guilty of “displaying the symbols of an extremist organization” after he posted a photograph of an LGBTQ flag online, according to the court’s press service.
A trial is set to resume next week in Saratov in southwestern Russian against a photographer who posted images of rainbow flags on Instagram, independent Russian news outlet Mediazona reported.
Russia’s Supreme Court banned the “LGBT movement” last November, continuing a pattern of increasing restrictions in Russia on expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/russia-makes-first-convictions-lgbt-extremism-ban-rcna136753
Republicans are taking notes.
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