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LGBTQ Russians flee to the West

LGBTQ Russians flee to the West

Increasing numbers of LGBTQ Russians are giving up on their country because of increasing repression under Putin’s homophobic regime.


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This 5:36 video tells the story of one lesbian couple’s decision to flee from St. Petersburg.

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Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.

Russians flee a hostile homeland

 

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