Russia proposes Law to ban sex reassignment
The Hindu
Russian lawmakers have submitted a draft bill to parliament that would ban legal or surgical sex changes, as Moscow sharpens its conservative turn during the Ukraine offensive
Russian lawmakers have submitted a draft Bill to Parliament that would ban legal or surgical sex changes, as Moscow sharpens its conservative turn during the Ukraine offensive.
Russia has for years been an inhospitable environment for anyone whose views differ from the hard-line interpretation of "family values" promoted by the Kremlin and the Orthodox church.
Pressure had been building on LGBTQ activists in recent years but has grown still more intense as troops fight in Ukraine.
The conflict is increasingly portrayed in Russia as an existential fight against the "decadent" West.
The Bill – submitted on May 30 – would prohibit "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person", according to the website of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament.
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This would include "the formation of a person's primary and (or) secondary sexual characteristics."