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What Russia’s 2022 anti-LGBT “propaganda” legislation means: haphazard censorship as erasure

Posted by Joshua Robinson on 2023-07-13

Slovo General Editor Joshua Robinson reports on the impact of the 2022 anti-LGBT "propaganda" legislation in Russia.Photo by Daniel James via Unsplash On 24th November 2022, a bundle of bills packaged as ‘anti-gay propaganda’ measures passed their third reading in the state Duma, initiating a significant expansion – and hardening – of the notorious legislation that drew international [...]