Tag: queer human rights
Pride in Pictures: It’s illegal to hold a Pride parade in Moscow
In August 2012, the Moscow City Court upheld a ruling which banned Pride parades until 2112. That’s 93 years from now.
The court cited that Moscow Pride creates the possibility of public disorder, due to the lack of support for the queer community from the public.
The first Pride parades in Moscow took place in 2006, 2007 and 2008. They were bombarded with homophobic attacks. In 2009, the Russian LGBT Human Rights Project organized a parade at the last minute, avoideding...
