The assault on anything LGBTQ-related in Russia continues. After hundreds of administrative cases and even criminal prosecutions, after bans on support organisations, the police ha...

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/52518794

The assault on anything LGBTQ-related in Russia continues. After hundreds of administrative cases and even criminal prosecutions, after bans on support organisations, the police have now filed a report against a 13-year-old schoolboy for “LGBT propaganda” and for displaying extremist symbols. Mediazona discovered the records relating to the case in the Russian court database (we are not disclosing his name or region for safety reasons). It’s illegal to prosecute a someone for this kind of offence at such a young age, so the charges have been dropped. But the boy now faces the risk of being sent to a special school for juvenile offenders.

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  • Corvidae@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Human authoritarian structures are extraordinarily hard on kids, particularly in matters of psycho-sexual development. This kid is probably going to be ruined for the rest of his life as a result of this intervention.