The Russian cabinet has surprisingly acted in a pro-LGBTQ+ way after it struck down amendments to the country’s new ‘Family Code’.
The controversial amendments would’ve prevented trans people from legally changing their gender, as well as constitutional bans on same-sex marriages and adoption.
In documents seen by TASS from the Russian cabinet, the amendments were rejected by the government commission on legislative activities.
The draft says: “If the law is adopted, the balance of rights and interests in the family may be shifted towards the rights of parents, given the deliberately weaker position of children in family relations, taking into account their age. “These initiatives do not correspond to the interests of the child and the