This is the second time in as many months that Russia has fined Apple for noncompliance with the anti-LGBTQ+ “propaganda” law. As the Russian legal news site Mediazona reported in May, a court ...

Linking LGBTQ+ rights to the war in Ukraine That community in Russia has been under legal and public pressure for over a decade but especially since the Kremlin sent troops to Ukraine in 2022 ...

TALLINN, Estonia — In the year since Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed any promotion of LGBTQ+ rights, activists say they are experiencing a climate of fear and intimidation in the ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Gela Gogishvili and Haoyang Xu led a happy life as a gay couple in Russia, even as President Vladimir Putin’s government took an increasingly anti-LGBTQ+ stance.

Every person who’s doing something right now (in LGBTQ+ activism in Russia) has to answer this question these days.” Targeting nightclubs, rainbow flags and gay tourism ...

Just over a year ago, Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed any LGBTQ+ activism in a ruling that designated “the international LGBT movement” as extremist.

Every person who’s doing something right now (in LGBTQ+ activism in Russia) has to answer this question these days.” Targeting nightclubs, rainbow flags and gay tourism ...