Russia’s Supreme Court ruled today that the “international LGBT movement” is an “extremist organization,” jeopardizing all forms of LGBT rights activism in the country.

Russian courts have issued the first known extremism convictions arising from the 2023 Supreme Court ruling designating the “international LGBT movement” as extremist.

Russia’s upper house of parliament unanimously voted on Wednesday to toughen a controversial law banning what the bill describes as “LGBT propaganda,” making it apply to Russians of all ages.

Russia’s top court declared an “international LGBT public movement” to be an extremist organization, paving the way for a new wave of repression even as no such group exists in the country.

Russia’s Supreme Court has banned what it calls the “international LGBT public movement” and labeled it an “extremist organization”—despite offering no clear definition of a so-called ...

Russia’s top court declared the “international LGBT public movement” to be an extremist organization, paving the way for a new wave of repression even as no such group exists in the country.

For Russia’s beleaguered LGBT communities, the case marked a disturbing escalation in a campaign of persecution. On the same day as Kotov’s arrest, ...

As the global LGBT community marks Pride Month, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face growing, state-sanctioned homophobia and violence in Russia, activists say. In its World Report ...

Russia is considering doubling fines for exposing children to what it calls "LGBT propaganda" and making any event or act seen as promoting homosexuality an administrative offence, the text of ...

Russia has added what it calls the "LGBT movement" to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations, state media said on Friday. Skip to main content. Exclusive news, ...