Homophobia in Russia Is Taking a Kafkaesque Turn LGBT organizations declared foreign agents in one fell swoop, gays being blacklisted by banks, employers, and landlords—welcome to the new reality of being LGBT under Putin. We all know things are bad for LGBT people in Russia, right? In fact, we have no idea. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast, Tatiana Vinnichenko, director of the Russian LGBT organization Rakurs, revealed how much most of us in the West don’t know about Russia’s anti-gay crackdown. And all of it is bad news. First, official state prosecutions and persecution of LGBT organizations has morphed and intensified. Previously, LGBT organizations were pressured to register as “foreign agents”—spies, basically—but those registrations were subject to judicial review. The results were uneven: Some courts rubber-stamped the government’s positions, but others found a lack of evidence and ruled for the LGBT organizations. thedailybeast/articles/2014/06/09/homophobia-in-russia-is-taking-a-kafkaesque-turn.html
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:40:46 +0000
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