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21 May 2012
MEPs support ‘free speech’ after Kiev pride violence 12 Members of the European Parliament are concerned about the number of gay pride marches being cancelled or banned across Europe due to homophobic violence or laws criminalising public support for LGBT rights.
17 May 2012
Poll: 47 percent of Russians believe the media can turn people gay 40 47 percent of Russians believe the media can turn people gay, a state-owned polling agency says.
9 May 2012
Sweden: Trans woman ‘in hiding’ to escape deportation to Russia 12 A Russian trans woman refused asylum in Sweden appears today to be defying Swedish authorities by refusing to aid them in their efforts to deport her to Russia.
4 May 2012
Sweden: Deportation nears for trans woman abused in native Russia 130 Time is fast running out for a Russian trans woman who, it was reported recently in Pink News, fears being forced by Swedish authorities to return to Russia, where she expects to face violence and possible imprisonment at the hands of the authorities.
4 May 2012
Nikolai Alekseev first to be convicted of ‘gay propaganda’ in St Petersburg 27 Gay rights campaigner Nikolai Alekseev has become the first man to be convicted under St Petersburg's recent 'gay propaganda' laws.
25 April 2012
Russia: Father imprisoned gay teen son in rehab clinic after a witch failed to exorcise his homosexuality 27 A teenager has escaped from a rehab clinic after his traditonalist father had him locked up and drugged after he came out to him aged 16.
24 April 2012
Analysis: Sweden to deport trans woman assaulted and urinated on by Russian police 26 As a Russian trans woman prepares to return to violence or worse if she is expelled from Sweden later this week, the latter country’s reputation as a less than welcoming place for the trans community is once more in the spotlight.
24 April 2012
Straight Russian man cleared of ‘gay propaganda’ charge in St Petersburg 5 A judge in St Petersburg has cleared the first man to be charged under the newly-created offence of promoting homosexuality around minors but convicted him of disobeying police orders.
19 April 2012
Poll: 94 percent of Russians have never seen ‘gay propaganda’, 86 percent support ban 24 While only six percent of Russians say they have seen 'gay propaganda', 86 percent support a ban, the state-owned media agency RIA Novosti reports.
16 April 2012
St Petersburg: First hearings for men arrested under anti-gay law postponed 5 The trial of two men who are the first to be prosecuted under St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of homosexuality among minors has reportedly been adjourned due to missing documents.
13 April 2012
Russia rejects gay rights in G8 statement 48 Russia has formally distanced itself from endorsing LGBT rights, even going so far as refusing to recognise such rights, in a joint statement released by G8 foreign ministers.
9 April 2012
Anti-discrimination bill in Moldova being challenged by Orthodox Church 19 The Alliance for European Integration (AIE) is attempting to pass an anti-discrimination bill in the Moldovan city of Balti, where the City Council passed an ordinance banning the "propagandising" of homosexuality.
6 April 2012
Activists in St Petersburg arrested for protesting against ‘gay propaganda’ ban 5 Police detained two men in St.
29 March 2012
St Petersburg ‘gay propaganda’ law could become nationwide Russian policy 21 Earlier this month, the governor of St Petersburg signed into law a bill making it an offence to "promote" gay or transgender personal identities in the city.
13 March 2012
St Petersburg governor signs ‘gay propaganda’ bill into law 46 St Petersburg's governor has signed into law a bill making it an offence to 'promote' gay or transgender personal identities with commentators fearing how badly it will 'encourage hate' towards the city's gay, bi and trans people.
6 March 2012
Manchester to urge anti-gay law veto on St Petersburg trip 10 The deputy council leader said it will exercise its right to point out that Manchester's twin city is "doing something wrong."
2 March 2012
Video: Call to boycott St Petersburg over anti-gay law 17 International protest against St Petersburg's new law banning the promotion of "sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism” have continued with a video highlighting the law's effect.
29 February 2012
Protesters urge St Petersburg not to enact anti-gay law 1 The British Foreign Office is among a number of bodies and groups of protesters around the world urging St Petersburg not to enact the anti-gay law its legislature passed today.
29 February 2012
St Petersburg passes ‘gay propaganda’ law 8 St Petersburg has joined three other Russian cities in passing a law banning the promotion of gay and trans identities among minors.
28 February 2012
Embassy protests today ahead of final St Petersburg ‘gay propaganda’ vote 3 Protests are being held at Russian embassies around the world ahead of a final vote tomorrow by St Petersburg's legislature on its 'gay propaganda' ban.

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