Russia fines party-goers for ‘looking too gay’
Russia fines party-goers for ‘looking too gay’
Two detainees fined 50,000 roubles (£350) for ‘trying to arouse interest in non-traditional sexual relations’
Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/23801022
Russia fined at least seven people for “looking too gay” after a police raid on a nightclub in Tula in February which videos show was carried out by men in military-style uniforms and helmets.
It comes as the Kremlin ramps up a push to promote “traditional values” that has included tightening anti-LGBT legislation and banning “propaganda promoting a child-free lifestyle”.
One man had “crosses of black tape glued to his nipples” and a “women’s style corset” on his “naked” body.
Another had “pink socks … an unbuttoned kimono over his shoulders, his hair dyed bright orange, and red tattoos on his face”.
“Although a man, he was wearing a short top covering his chest, black leather shorts above the knee, on which there were several chain-shaped ornaments, and fishnet tights,” read another description.
“The appearance of the detainees is inconsistent with the image of a man of traditional sexual orientation,” judges were reported to have said.
