Грани.Ру начинают спецпроект "Против гомофобии" | Russia's Crackdown Against 'Homosexual Propaganda': The perception of homosexuality in Russia is that it's both a perversion of nature and a fashion import from the corrupt West

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Грани.Ру начинают спецпроект "Против гомофобии". Известные писатели, музыканты, журналисты говорят о своем отношении к "антигейскому" закону, к вторжению власти в частную жизнь, к очередной атаке мракобесия. Первыми выступают …


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Russia's Crackdown Against 'Homosexual Propaganda' - Daily Beast

via Russia - Google News on 2/8/13

Russia's Crackdown Against 'Homosexual Propaganda' Daily Beast The perception of homosexuality in Russia is that it's both a perversion of nature and a fashion import from the corrupt West: something into which a man can slip if he's had a bit too much vodka—by all accounts a common occurrence in Russia—and as a ... and more »

Russia's Crackdown Against 'Homosexual Propaganda'

by Justin Green Feb 8, 2013 11:09 AM EST

Go read The New Republic's Julia Ioffe on Russia's baffling new ban on "homosexual propaganda among minors." Money quote:

The perception of homosexuality in Russia is that it's both a perversion of nature and a fashion import from the corrupt West: something into which a man can slip if he's had a bit too much vodka—by all accounts a common occurrence in Russia—and as a posture one adopts to be cool. Thus, the "propaganda" ban. Homosexuality is seen as an aggressive ad campaign that, traditionalists fear, will persuade impressionable young minds that being gay not only isn't abnormal and abhorrent, but stylish and hip. The idea that homosexuality is a natural and innate phenomenon, needless to say, has not gained traction here outside of small circles among the educated. Even there, it's rare.