Time and Date: 3:45 pm, Thursday, 1 December<\/p>\n
Location:
\nMeet in front of the Nandos by Notting Hill Gate Tube station to walk to the Russian Embassy
\n6\/7 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QP<\/p>\n
Map: http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/d5tfr<\/a><\/p>\n According to the Pink Paper<\/a>:<\/p>\n \nThe city of St Petersburg has passed a law which puts in place fines for people who promote the LGBT community to minors.<\/p>\n The new law passed by 27 votes to 1, having been introduced by the ruling United Russia party.<\/p>\n It introduces fines for “propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, to minors” and “propaganda of paedophilia”.<\/p>\n Fines range from 1,000 roubles (\u00a320) for an individual to 50,000 (\u00a31,000) for a business.<\/p>\n Polina Savchenko, General manager of LGBT organization Coming Out, Russia told LGBT Asylum News while the bill was being discussed: \u201cBy combining homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality into one law with sexual crimes against minors, members of the Legislative Assembly indulge in gross manipulations of public opinion. http:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2011\/11\/21\/st-petersburg-passes-gay-propaganda-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n Similar laws are already in place in the Ryazan region and Arkhangelsk region. Wikipedia<\/a> states that \u201caccording to Russian media, a similar regional law is being drafted in Moscow city legislature and according to Federation Council of Russia speaker Valentina Matviyenko such ban on ‘propaganda of homosexualism’ might also be adopted on federal level in order to ‘protect the children from destructive influence’.\u201d<\/p>\n The international community must stand up to these attempts to scapegoat Russian LGBT people. Facebook Event: www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=178542975572908<\/a><\/p>\n This event has been moved to coincide with the World AIDS Day protest of Russia’s treatment of IV Drug Users. See more Time and Date: 3:45 pm, Thursday, 1 December Location: Meet in front of the Nandos by Notting Hill Gate Tube station to walk to the Russian Embassy 6\/7 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8 4QP Map: http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/d5tfr According to the Pink Paper: The city of St Petersburg has passed a law which puts in place fines … Continue reading Protest St Petersber’s new anti-LGBT Law (NEW DATE AND TIME)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celesteh.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cTheir goal \u2013 to pass an anti-democratic law, directed at severely limiting human rights in St. Petersburg.
\nShe added: \u201cOrganizers of public events cannot restrict access of minors to any open area; people under 18 can be there just by chance. Consequently, it makes any public campaigns aimed at reducing xenophobia and hate crime prevention impossible.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nJoin us at 3:45 on 1 December to march to the Embassy to protest this anti-democrat homo and transphobic law. Bring signs, banners, etc.<\/p>\n
\nabout that at: http:\/\/russianembassyprotest.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"