Posted on Jul 11, 2023
Russia’s first trans politician drops her run for governor due to anti-LGBTQ bill
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Russia’s first openly transgender politician has abandoned plans to run in a gubernatorial election, saying that the country’s latest anti-LGBTQ bill has eroded the support needed to register her candidacy.
Yulia Alyoshina had planned to represent the opposition Civil Initiative party at the polls in southern Siberia’s Altai region in September, when it will elect a new governor.
Alyoshina had intended to fight for LGBTQ rights in the course of her campaign and opposed a new bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures in Russia. The legislation was initially approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on June 14.
But on Monday, Alyoshina said she had been unable to gather the minimum number of signatures — 502 — needed from members of local municipal councils and village heads to take part.
Yulia Alyoshina had planned to represent the opposition Civil Initiative party at the polls in southern Siberia’s Altai region in September, when it will elect a new governor.
Alyoshina had intended to fight for LGBTQ rights in the course of her campaign and opposed a new bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures in Russia. The legislation was initially approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, on June 14.
But on Monday, Alyoshina said she had been unable to gather the minimum number of signatures — 502 — needed from members of local municipal councils and village heads to take part.
Russia’s first trans politician drops her run for governor due to anti-LGBTQ bill
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We don’t know what the loss of her talent will be. One more gives up hope in joining the circus. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel she's lucky she didn't have a flight out of a top floor window...
"Russia’s LGBTQ community has been under growing pressure for a decade, with President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church embarking on a campaign to preserve what they deem the country’s “traditional values.”
The proposed bill bans any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person” as well as changing one’s gender in official documents and public records.
Senior lawmaker Pyotr Tolstoy, who is among the bill’s sponsors, has said the law is intended to “protect Russia with its cultural and family values and traditions and to stop the infiltration of the Western anti-family ideology.”
The bill must receive three readings by the State Duma, but there is little doubt it will pass because about 400 members of the 450-seat house signed it, including the house speaker and the leaders of all political factions."
"Russia’s LGBTQ community has been under growing pressure for a decade, with President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church embarking on a campaign to preserve what they deem the country’s “traditional values.”
The proposed bill bans any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person” as well as changing one’s gender in official documents and public records.
Senior lawmaker Pyotr Tolstoy, who is among the bill’s sponsors, has said the law is intended to “protect Russia with its cultural and family values and traditions and to stop the infiltration of the Western anti-family ideology.”
The bill must receive three readings by the State Duma, but there is little doubt it will pass because about 400 members of the 450-seat house signed it, including the house speaker and the leaders of all political factions."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) Putin has Embraced the Russian Orthodox Church so there is No Doubt where this Crap Comes From. The Amount of Hate and Evil that is Conducted in the Name of "Christianity" is Amazing!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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