Charges filed by Russian authorities on Friday against an online
support group for LGBT teens accuse the group of violating the country's
ban on "gay propaganda" by promoting non-traditional sexual
relationships to minors, Buzzfeed reports:
The
case is being brought against Elena Klimova, who runs Children-404,
which posts stories from Russian LGBT teens on the Russian social
networking site VKontakte. This is the fifth case reported in which
Russian authorities have invoked the propaganda law passed in June. It
follows the conviction on Thursday of the editor of a Russian newspaper
for its reporting on the firing of a gay teacher, for which he was fined
the equivalent of about $1,400.
Said Klimova to Russian news outlet Rosbalt:
"On the one hand, was surprised. On the other hand, I wasn’t, since
people are fined under this law for lesser faults. But this is an
extreme level of madness. We publish letters from underage gay men and
lesbians and this is considered propaganda among minors."
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