Wait are the news coming out about it only now? IIRC this was announced back in January.
Anyway, what this means:
Organisations that provided legal support (for example for trans people that applied for gender marker change before the ban but got unjustly denied) cannot exist. There is no one to speak in legalese for us.
Organisations that provided other kinds of support cannot expose themselves.
Display of flags, pins, or other stuff with rainbow/trans flag/etc. on them is "showing support for extremist organisations", repeated offence is punishable by jail time.
I, and everyone I know, have abandoned all hope for this place.
Edit: I kinda want to write stuff about what I have ingested from the environment in Russia (movies, TV, and other government-controlled outlets), but for it to happen I need to feel safe in doing it.
yeah, decision became active in January, the news is that yesterday Rosfinmonitoring (Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation) added "LGBT movement" to its own list. I guess, it's just bureaucratic things?
For those who don't know what Rosfinmonitoring is:
The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation is a Federal Service that is aimed to collect and analyze information about financial transactions in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. The organization also provides lists of people accused of terrorist or "extremist" activities and books.
It's more than just a buerocratic thing, it means that there's now also the option to monitor financial activity and seize assets of "LGBT activists" (which, given how the laws have been applied so far, can be basically anybody the Russian government likes to call gay).
This comes on top of all the stuff listed above, and is part of a general trend of escalating queerphobic opression.
Wait are the news coming out about it only now? IIRC this was announced back in January.
Anyway, what this means:
Organisations that provided legal support (for example for trans people that applied for gender marker change before the ban but got unjustly denied) cannot exist. There is no one to speak in legalese for us.
Organisations that provided other kinds of support cannot expose themselves.
Display of flags, pins, or other stuff with rainbow/trans flag/etc. on them is "showing support for extremist organisations", repeated offence is punishable by jail time.
I, and everyone I know, have abandoned all hope for this place.
Edit: I kinda want to write stuff about what I have ingested from the environment in Russia (movies, TV, and other government-controlled outlets), but for it to happen I need to feel safe in doing it.
Edit 2: wikipedia page for LGBT rights in Russia. So the decision was made in 30 Nov. 2023, and IIRC it became active early January 2024.
yeah, decision became active in January, the news is that yesterday Rosfinmonitoring (Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation) added "LGBT movement" to its own list. I guess, it's just bureaucratic things?
For those who don't know what Rosfinmonitoring is:
It's more than just a buerocratic thing, it means that there's now also the option to monitor financial activity and seize assets of "LGBT activists" (which, given how the laws have been applied so far, can be basically anybody the Russian government likes to call gay).
This comes on top of all the stuff listed above, and is part of a general trend of escalating queerphobic opression.