Russian city bans homosexual propaganda
Wednesday February 29, 2012 06:38:39 PM,
RIA Novosti
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Moscow: The legislative assembly of Russia's St. Petersburg city Wednesday
passed a law penalising the dissemination of material promoting
homosexuality and paedophilia among minors.
The law imposes fines of up to $16,000 on individuals and up to
$160,000 on legal entities for the promotion of homosexual,
lesbian, bisexual, and transgender practices among minors.
Twenty-nine of 50 legislators voted for the law with five against
and one abstention.
The new legislation outlaws any Gay Pride events. It follows
similar bans in the southern Astrakhan and central Ryazan and
Kostroma regions in Russia.
St. Petersburg's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)
group Coming Out said the bill was "homophobic" and aimed at
diverting public attention from Russia's "real political and
social problems".
Homosexuality was illegal in the erstwhile Soviet Union and was
only decriminalised by former President Boris Yeltsin in 1993, but
anti-gay sentiment is still widespread.
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