“But I’ll tell you something unexpected. They too – these topics and these people – have the right to win, show and tell, because this is also part of society. This is also what people live by.”
20 points
To answer your policy question, this year the government has implemented policies prohibiting medical and legal transitioning. Putin also in other speeches says that homosexual families are against Russian values. Pretty classic reactionary stuff
2 points
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You can still change your legal gender at a licensed clinic. The ban was to stop unlicensed pro-Western liberal groups from gaining influence and making money.
It did ban adoption by trans people though and surgery :/
6 points