LGBTQ rights in Russia

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Russia face severe challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBTQ people. Although sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex is legal, homosexuality is disapproved of by much of the population, and same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are ineligible for the legal protections available to opposite-sex couples. Russia provides no anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people and does not have a designation for hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Transgender people are not allowed to change their legal gender, and gender-affirming care is banned. It is illegal to distribute materials that promote "non-traditional" sexual relationships or make minors interested in gender transition, and the "international LGBT public movement" has been designated as an extremist group. In December 1917, after the October Revolution, the Russian Soviet Republic (later...

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