Russia applies the Law of homosexual propaganda to a minor

For the first time a minor has been fined under the laws against homosexual propaganda in Russia

GAYLES.TV.- Maxim Neverov, a 16-year-old Russian student, was arrested under the law against “gay propaganda”. His crime? Store -not publish- photographs of semi-naked and embracing men in Vkontakte, a local social network. A court has sanctioned him with a fine of 50.000 rubles (close to 660 euros). In the Russia de Putin It is illegal to write, say or do anything that the authorities consider "propaganda of non-traditional relationships".

«I'm not afraid. This is not going to stop my activism LGTBI«, Affirms the young man. In an interview for Reuters declared: «All the rights of people are being violated in Russia, not just people LGTBI. I think people LGTBI they are just people, so there is no reason to fight for the rights LGTBI separately from the others ". There is the ironic situation that the law that was created to "protect" minors, in this case is being applied against one of them. The platform AllOut has initiated a campaign to collect signatures to support Maximum.

La Homosexual propaganda law was promulgated by the government of Vladimir Putin in 2013 under the argument of protecting minors from messages that promote homosexuality in the country; however, the norm is used to repress activists and causes related to the rights of LGBT people.