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May 08

Man deported from Russia after ‘lovely little skirt’ review deemed ‘LGBT propaganda’

Two virtual playing cards.

Gaming
Nov 27 2025

Game developer issues defiant statement after falling foul of Russia’s harsh LGBTQ+ propaganda laws

News
Dec 04 2025

Russia bans Roblox under LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ crackdown

Duc Phuc has won Russia's alternative to Eurovision

Music
Sep 23 2025

Vietnamese singer wins Russia’s Eurovision rival Intervision

SpongeBob SquarePants' rainbow episode

TV
Jul 13

SpongeBob SquarePants rainbow episode censored in Russia amid LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ crackdown

News
Jun 29

Russia sentences nightclub owner and staff to jail under ‘LGBT movement’ ban

Europe
May 12

Russian woman sentenced to forced labour for writing gay K-Pop fan-fiction

Sport
Sep 25 2025

Ex-Olympic coach blames ‘petty bisexuals’ for Russia’s 2026 Winter Olympics ban

Putin on a rainbow banner

World
Sep 26 2025

Russian woman fined for ‘LGBT propaganda’ over five-year-old rainbow flag social media posts

Features
May 07

Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive

TOPSHOT - A demonstrator holds a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin with make-up as he protests against homophobia and repression against gays in Russia, in front of the Russian Embassy in Madrid on August 23, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

World
Jul 01 2025

More than 100 people have been convicted of LGBTQ+ ‘extremism’ in Russia

LGBTQ+ rights activists in Russia

Europe
May 27

Russian doctor revives debunked ‘transgender spectrum disorder’ diagnosis at congress

Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov

Culture
Apr 16

Russian website fined $6.6k over Heated Rivalry review under strict anti-gay laws

Artur Ozerov-AuRa

Arts
Jul 17

Being queer in Ukraine: tales of citizenship and resistance

News
Apr 04 2025

Russia bans Elton John AIDS Foundation amid anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown

homosexuality in animals

Animals
Feb 09

Russian book ‘censored’ as it didn’t show ‘disgust’ over homosexuality in animals

Donald Trump and his sons, Eric and Donald Jr

US
Jul 03

Donald Trump jokes about having ‘threesome’ with his sons

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in Heated Rivalry

Europe
Jan 15

Moscow court charges streamers with LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ as Russians flock to Heated Rivalry

An image of Subboy cafe in Russia with overlaid text

Fun
Jul 21 2025

Name of Russian sandwich shop sparks hilarity online: ‘I had a sub boy for lunch’

World
Feb 19 2025

Russia ‘creating database of LGBTQ+ citizens’, new report claims