Russian Supreme Court Bans 'International LGBT Movement,' Propaganda

The Russian top court announced the decision to sustain the claim by the justice ministry to recognize the international LGBT movement as extremist. The Ministry had filed a lawsuit earlier in November, and argued that authorities had identified “signs and manifestations of an extremist nature” by an LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia, including “incitement of social and religious discord.”

The supreme court ruling announced by Judge Oleg Nefedov, declared the “movement” to be extremist and banned it in Russia. It however, “does not apply to the personal life of citizens” and can be challenged at an appeals court within a month, according to the ministry. “Various extremism-related signs” including the “incitement of social and religious discord” were identified in the movement’s activities.

LGBT activists sponsored by western donors have been accused of trying to spread LGBTQ degeneracy all over the world. The pro-degeneracy defenders said there was no entity in Russia called the “international LGBT movement,” arguing that the term was merely a label used by the ministry in its “anti-legal” suit.

The United Nations has accused the Kremlin of enacting laws that promote "homophobia."

The Russian constitutional reform introduced in 2020 establishes marriage as exclusively a union between a man and a woman. In 2022, the parliament approved a law banning LGBT propaganda, pedophilia, and gender reassignment. In June it passed another legislation, banning gender reassignment surgeries, with those who had changed their sex no longer allowed to adopt children or be their guardians.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has stated that there will be no gay marriage in Russia as long as he is president.