Russia Gay Rights

• Russia bans gender-affirming care in ongoing crackdown on LGBTQ community

  Russia's crackdown on LGBTQ+ people started a decade ago when Putin first proclaimed a focus on "traditional family values," supported by the Russian Orthodox Church.

  World

  Jul 25, 2023
  
• ‘Hateful propaganda’: Joly to summon Russian envoy over embassy’s anti-LGBTQ tweets

  It will be the third time Global Affairs Canada has summoned ambassador Oleg Stepanov this year.

  World

  Nov 28, 2022
  
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• Londoners protest gay ‘concentration camps’, anti-LGBTQ violence in Chechnya

  Hundreds of people gathered outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday to protest after reports from human rights groups that up to 100 gay men are being held and tortured in "camps" in Russia's southern region of Chechnya.

  Politics

  Apr 12, 2017
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• Chechnya police arrest 100 men suspected of being gay, 3 killed: report

  Police in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and that at least three have been killed, a Russian newspaper says.

  World

  Apr 2, 2017