Putin Signs Law Banning Expressions of L.G.B.T.Q. Identity in Russia

The law makes it illegal to spread “propaganda” about “nontraditional sexual relations” in all media, including social, advertising and movies.
The new law makes it illegal to spread “propaganda” about “nontraditional sexual relations” in the media, advertising, movies or on social media. It had passed the Duma, Russia’s Parliament, by a vote of 397 to 0 on Nov. 24.

Demonstrations of “nontraditional relationships or preferences” will also be completely barred from advertising, and from any outlet visible to minors. Distributing to minors any information “that causes children to want to change their sex” was also prohibited.