A 21-year-old Moscow resident has been sentenced to 10 days’ detention for having “saved” images with rainbows and LGBT-themed memes. This was reported by the channel “Ostorozhno, Moskva.”
The woman was arrested on 18 March under the article on the “promotion of non-traditional sexual relations” (Art. 6.21 of the Administrative Code). She faced six charges at once because of images published between 2016 and 2018. In addition to arrest, the woman from Moscow was also fined. The amount of the fine is unknown.
Case materials show that the presence of “LGBT propaganda” was established by an expert. The expert stated that the woman had posted on social networks “an image of a person wrapped in a flag that is the international symbol of the LGBT community, specifically the ‘Rainbow Flag,’ holding a wand in one hand and an energy drink in the other, with captions on the image: ‘I am the fairy of gay energy drinks and cats,’ ‘Vzhukh and you’re a f*ggot’” (original spelling preserved).
Asya Sokolova for OVD-Info
The adoption of the “LGBT propaganda” law marked not only widespread censorship but also intensified repression against LGBTQ people and the organisations that support them. With the designation of the “International LGBT Movement” as an “extremist organisation,” this pressure has increased once again.
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