Homosexuality laws in the world
Russia Passes Bill Targeting Some Discussions of Homosexuality
The Russian Parliament passed a bill that imposes a fine for what it calls propagandizing “nontraditional” sexual relationships among minors.
While the bill does not clarify the meaning of “nontraditional,” it usually means gay, and the bill’s intent was clear: to discourage open discussion of homosexuality in public places or in media accessible by children.
Without defining “nontraditional,” the new bill bans making available to children information “intended to form in a minor a nontraditional sexual foundation.” It also prohibits portraying “the attractiveness” of such relations and bans asserting “the social equivalence of traditional and nontraditional sexual relations.”