A Russian court has ruled that two popular LGBT networking sites
be blocked for disseminating “anti-family values”, including a
major online group with nearly 200,000 members.
The court in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday announced the
decision against the groups on VK, a Russian platform similar to
Facebook.
“An inspection showed they contain information available to the
public, including children, which negates family values, propagates
non-traditional sexual relations and promotes disrespectful
attitudes towards parents,” the court statement said.
Russia in 2013 introduced a law against “gay propaganda”, which
officially bans the “promotion of non-traditional lifestyles to
minors” but in effect outlaws LGBT activism.
One of the groups mentioned in the court decision is called the
Russian LGBT Community, which has more than 187,000 members.
One of its administrators, who asked to be identified only as
Alex, said the group was created in 2017 and has provided crucial
support to Russian LGBT people.
“People get support from the community, advice from other
members and help in difficult situations,” he told AFP.
“If it’s blocked, LGBT people won’t have anything to lean on in
Russia, no way to write anonymously, share their emotions or
coming-outs.”
The other group, LGBT Russia, is overseen by the NGO Russian
LGBT Network, which told AFP the decision was a complete
surprise.
“The court spends about five minutes blocking LGBT internet
resources and the decisions have identical wording,” said the
organisation’s spokeswoman, Svetlana Zakharova.
“We don’t publish anything on our pages that needs to be marked
‘adults only’,” Zakharova said. “We talk about cases of
discrimination and human rights violations and help anybody who
needs it, including teenagers,” she said.
Zakharova said the NGO would appeal the ruling.
Homophobia is widespread in Russia where reports of rights
violations and attacks on LGBT people are common, though there are
gay scenes in major cities.
(AFP)
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