Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring LGBTQ people, lawyers and many others

Russia's lower Parliamentary chamber, the State Duma, voted 397-1 on Wednesday to ban foreign nationals of countries that allow medical gender transitions, as well as gender changes on official government identification documents, to adopt Russian children.

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South China Morning Post

The law, which will ban countries that allow a "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine." It's expected to be implemented after it passes the upper chamber and is signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin.

TASS

According to the State Duma, the banned countries will include NATO member states, with Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin reported last week as saying Austria, Australia, and Argentina will also be included.

Le Monde.fr

Volodin defended the bill as a way of "protecting childhood and traditional values," arguing that children face "dangers" in Western countries that it describes as "sick."

Al Jazeera

This comes as Russia, which previously banned US nationals from adopting its children in 2012, has embarked on an anti-LGBT legislative campaign, including against what it calls "LGBT propaganda."

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The law, which has already been approved by the Kremlin but still needs to be passed by the upper chamber and signed by Pres. Vladimir Putin, will ban countries that allow "change of sex by medical intervention, including with the use of medicine."

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State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin was reported last week as saying the ban would include Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Estonia.

Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Sex Changes

Russian Parliament Passes Adoption Ban on Countries That Allow Sex Changes

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