Cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/7946681
Ever since Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian leader launched a fresh effort to promote what he called “traditional values”, making anti-gay rhetoric one of the cornerstones of his political agenda.
The Kremlin is directly linking the crackdown on LGBTQ+ expression with its justification for the war, said Shainyan, telling its citizens that Russia was not only fighting Ukraine, but was involved in a broader, existential battle against western liberal values it often describes as “satanic”.
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As I said previously there’s absolutely no way anyone could force me to live a lie or pretend I’m not gay, even under threat of execution. I’d SO much rather be dead that live in a world where I have to be something I am not and live a baldfaced lie. It’s such a damn shame that Russia is such a filthy country full of small-minded bigoted assholes, when their most famous composers and writers were all gay. To spit on their own culture and their own wealth of contributions to the world -really a god damn fucking shame.