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MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.

A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Russia: where love is “extreme” and war is “love”

[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 31 points 2 years ago

Russia: Where domestic violence is not a crime, and love is a crime

[–] DarkenLM@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

To be fair, Robotech 1985 taught me that love is a weapon

We can find the glory we all dream of, and with our love, we will win

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

That is in fact the cult of death worship that’s one of the signs of fascism.

[–] CeeBee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I guess that makes me an extremist.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Alivrah@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Be gay, do crime

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Wishing you lots of extreme affection.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It makes my daughter an extremist and she's 13.

[–] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I've said it before, I'll say it again: one can usually tell who the good guys are by how they treat LGBT people.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

one can usually tell who the good guys are by how they treat ~~LGBT people~~ others different than them.

FTFY

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

LGBT people are a convenient metric because they are a minority that exists everywhere in every society. It's how they treat a subset of their own. There's a lot more factors regarding how societies treat outside groups, if and how they encounter them.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True, but for example im a gay man and according to the original description, I would be a good guy if I treated LGBT members right, but of course I treat them right because im part of them.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I see, I was thinking of nations and groups more than individuals when I made that comment. Not every LGBT person treats LGBT people well, Roy Cohn comes to mind.

[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well, you are right that not every lgbt person treats lgbt persons right, which is crazy

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Stop being so fucking gay and go throw a bunch of dead kids in a hole!” —Putin

[–] S410@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Surely this will lead to the EU and other progressive countries to open up the borders for Russians fleeing the oppression, right? Right?

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

To any good Russians that are left, it is way past time to start ambush killing FSB enforcers & it is literally self defense at this point.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Russia says it has a constitution but it's obviously a joke.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.

A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities.

President Vladimir Putin, expected shortly to announce that he will seek a new six-year term in March, has long sought to promote an image of Russia as a guardian of traditional moral values in contrast with a decadent West.

In a speech last year, he said the West was welcome to adopt "rather strange, in my view, new-fangled trends like dozens of genders, and gay parades" but had no right to impose them on other countries.

"Of course it’s very alarming, and I don’t remember the threat ever being so serious and real," Alexei Sergeyev, an LGBT activist in St Petersburg, told Reuters TV in an interview earlier this month.

Previous listings, for example of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious movement and organisations linked to opposition politician Alexei Navalny, have served as a prelude to arrests.


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[–] FriendOfElphaba@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is why I cannot consider the so-called leftists who oppose taking action against a fascist like Putin to be actual leftists. Putin is a hard right dictator who violates every principle of human rights at every turn.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

'Leftists' like N Korea, China, and Russia supports make me ashamed to be a leftist. This is what happens when all your leaders die 40 years ago, the movement gets silly.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Don't be ashamed to be a lefty. Shame THEM for dare calling themselves leftists while espousing polite words for autocrats and dictators. They are pathetic and a detriment to progress and they need to know it.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

And get banned for questioning orthodox bullshit