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I don& #39;t see a lot of people talking about it, so please spread the word: Russian government wants to officially fuck over trans people in here (thread).
I don& #39;t see a lot of people talking about it, so please spread the word: Russian government wants to officially fuck over trans people in here (thread).
1) Russia& #39;s Federation Council has recently proposed a bill that would add a "birth sex marker" to the ID& #39;s of Russian people, including trans people who have already legally changed their sex marker to the one they need.
2) apart from that, "practices of same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples must be stopped, including between people who have changed their sex", according to the document. All in the name of "protecting the institution of family"
3) it has yet to be reviewed, but knowing our government there& #39;s little stopping the bill from becoming yet another "anti-LGBT" law. And if that law gets adopted, who knows what& #39;s next - separation makes for easier conquest, after all.
4) so far we& #39;ve only had coverage of it from a couple of news sites, like Meduza (which is fairly liberal) https://meduza.io/news/2020/07/14/senatory-predlozhili-zapretit-transgendernym-lyudyam-vstupat-v-brak-i-usynovlyat-detey">https://meduza.io/news/2020...
5) all of this just a week after Putin announces that "there is no LGBT discrimination in Russia". Yeah, no. https://ria.ru/20200703/1573860142.html">https://ria.ru/20200703/...
6) All of this is in Russian, as you might have noticed. If you help spread the word around, there& #39;s a higher chance that international publications will write about this horrendous violation of human rights.
7) It& #39;s unlikely that the government will stop at trans people, seeing how they demonize gays left, right and center. Today they come for us, tomorrow they may come for you. It& #39;s not just about "T", but all of "LGBT".
Okay, found the first English publication on the matter (thank you @disquegache): https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/russian-lawmakers-suggest-refusing-marriage-974339.html">https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/...
Good news, we& #39;re getting more coverage https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/15/russia-same-sex-marriage-adoption-vladimir-putin-parliament-constitution-homophobia-lgbt/">https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/1...
If you speak Russian or if you want to help, please sign this petition: https://twitter.com/neekoo_chaan/status/1283204334717739014">https://twitter.com/neekoo_ch...
You can also help by signing a complaint to the State Duma here (if you speak Russian) https://twitter.com/VioletOlya/status/1283452848446091267?s=19">https://twitter.com/VioletOly...
