#decriminalisation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #decriminalisation, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/104996/ Homophobie en Afrique : un durcissement législatif continental – Africtelegraph #Afrique #AfriqueDuSud #botswana #décriminalisation #DroitsHumains #DroitsLgbt #homophobie #Journée17Mai #Ouganda
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/238949/ Homophobie en Afrique : un durcissement législatif continental – Africtelegraph #Afrique #AfriqueDuSud #Botswana #decriminalisation #DroitsHumains #DroitsLgbt #Homophobie #Journée17Mai #Ouganda
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/228183/ Namibia Tells UN LGBTQ+ Rights Depend on “Moral Convictions” of Society #decriminalisation #discrimination #FillemonWiseImmanuel #HumanRights #LGBTQRights #Namibia #SameSexMarriage #SodomyLaws #UNHRC #UniversalPeriodicReview
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/227306/ Namibia Defends Slow Progress on LGBTQ+ Rights at UN Human Rights Review #decriminalisation #discrimination #FillemonWiseImmanuel #HumanRights #LGBTQRights #Namibia #SameSexMarriage #SodomyLaws #UNHRC #UniversalPeriodicReview
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⚖️ Le travail du sexe est un travail. Ses droits sont des droits humains.
📢 À l’occasion des 10 ans de la loi de 2016, #NousToutes s'associe aux associations de terrain pour réclamer la décriminalisation du travail du sexe.
#NousToutes #TDS #DroitsHumains #Decriminalisation
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Delhi Cabinet approves Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2026 to decriminalise minor offences, replace criminal penalties with civil fines, and boost Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/should-public-worry-about-delhis-jan-vishwas-bill-key-impacts-on-citizens-and-businesses-k5zkauhb?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DelhiCabinet #JanVishwasBill #Decriminalisation
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☂️ Travail du sexe : Halte à l’hypocrisie répressive ✊
Le débat actuel est pris en étau entre abolitionnisme moralisateur et propositions de contrôle du RN (maisons closes). Ces 2 visions ont un point commun : elles ignorent l’expertise des premières concernées.
👉 Faites défiler pour comprendre notre analyse.
#TDS #DroitsHumains #Decriminalisation #Feminisme #Antiracisme1/3
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"For gangs, the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) has been one of the best recruiting tools they’ve ever had. Criminalisation of a raft of illicit drugs not only provides them with a wildly lucrative black market.
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Once users are prosecuted and get sent to jail, gangs offer not only a vital form of self-preservation on the inside, but are (often) the only willing employer waiting on the outside."
#GordonCampbell, 2025
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2511/S00036/on-why-we-should-de-criminalise-personal-drug-use.htm
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"#SadiqKhan, Mayor of #London: "The report makes a compelling, evidenced-based case for the #decriminalisation of possession of small quantities of natural #cannabis which the government should consider.
Its study examined how the drug is policed around the world - and also found cannabis policing "continues to focus on particular ethnic communities," damaging their relations with law enforcement." #drugspolicy
#sadiqkhancongratulations
https://news.sky.com/story/sadiq-khan-says-some-cannabis-possession-should-be-decriminalised-13375719 -
I kind of agree with Sadiq Khan here, but this is not anything like full #decriminalisation and I doubt it would reduce #crime levels that much - most stoners don't really do much crime (other than maybe #DUI ), its the hustle culture of low to medium level dealing that leads to bloodshed, and that could only be reduced by having tolerated and regulated distribution networks (you rarely hear of rival vape shop owners stabbing each other!)
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At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
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At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
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At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
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At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
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At the end of #PrideMonth, assessing the #LGBTQIA+ #communities’ #rights
The #decriminalisation of #Section377 in 2018 was a huge victory for #LGBTQIA+ #communities, but the road towards #equality before the #law is long
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Activism #EqualRights #Representation #Culture
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And then there's #Russia...
30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023
Published: January 10, 2024
"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.
"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.
"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.
Before #PutinEven back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.
"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.
"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.
"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.
"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.
"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.
"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.
"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.
"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.
"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.
"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."
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And then there's #Russia...
30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023
Published: January 10, 2024
"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.
"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.
"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.
Before #PutinEven back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.
"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.
"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.
"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.
"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.
"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.
"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.
"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.
"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.
"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.
"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."
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And then there's #Russia...
30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023
Published: January 10, 2024
"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.
"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.
"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.
Before #PutinEven back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.
"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.
"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.
"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.
"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.
"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.
"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.
"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.
"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.
"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.
"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."
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And then there's #Russia...
30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023
Published: January 10, 2024
"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.
"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.
"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.
Before #PutinEven back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.
"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.
"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.
"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.
"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.
"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.
"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.
"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.
"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.
"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.
"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."
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And then there's #Russia...
30 years of #LGBTQ+ history in Russia: from #decriminalisation in 1993 to ‘#extremist’ status in 2023
Published: January 10, 2024
"In 2023, the “LGBTQ+ movement” in Russia was labelled as “extremist”. This marked the culmination of a troubling 30-year cycle from the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, via the introduction of the “gay propaganda law” in 2013 through years of political and public discrimination against sexual minorities.
"The progression in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people in Russia has coincided with the progression of Putin’s regime, which has become more autocratic. The Russian supreme court’s recent judgment that the international LGBTQ+ community is an “extremist” movement represents a hybrid recriminalisation of homosexuality 30 years after the ban was removed.
"From now, on identifying as LGBTQ+ is hazardous in Russia as it can be interpreted as “participating in an extremist organisation”, which is a criminal offence. Essentially, we are back to the situation before 1993.
Before #PutinEven back in 1993, the decriminalisation of homosexuality by Boris #Yeltsin’s government appears to have been something of a box-ticking exercise, required for joining the Council of Europe. The bill that decriminalised consensual sex between men was adopted without any public debate as part of a package of legislation.
"There was no official explanation of why it was being adopted, let alone why #homosexuality had been criminalised in the first place. Even Russia’s prison officers were not aware of the reform as there was no follow-up order to release inmates convicted of “sodomy”.
"While the change of law represented a step forward, there was no real attempt to bring the Russian public along with it. This meant that in most parts of Russia it failed to indicate any real social shift in attitudes. This lack of open dialogue allowed entrenched #homophobia to persist and social #stigma to endure.
"This absence of meaningful change resulted in rising prejudice that thrived in political discourse. The early 2000s saw an alarming surge in negative portrayals and hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community. And these emanated from the highest levels of government.
Homophobia under Putin"In 2000s, different legal initiatives targeting LGBTQ+ people emerged, framed under the guise of “protecting morals”.
"In his 2017 study, Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi, historian of Russia Dan Healey tracks the discourse surrounding this demonisation of sexual and gender minority movements with derogatory comments and baseless accusations against LGBTQ+ people. They have been variously branded as “seducers of children” and accused of “spreading HIV infection, moral vices, and the destruction of the nation”.
"Proposals to reinstate #Stalin’s 1934 ban on homosexuality were introduced in 2003, 2004 and 2006, reflecting a growing anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment at government level. While the bills were unsuccessful, they marked a disturbing shift as anti-gay rhetoric penetrated the government and set the stage for more restrictive measures in the years that followed.
"At first, some Russian regions (13 out of 83) adopted legislation that restricted LGBTQ+-related expressions in public between 2006 and 2013. This initiative was considered successful and in 2013 Putin’s government brought in the federal gay propaganda law. This turned out to be a watershed in the mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people.
"This law was ostensibly aimed at protecting minors from information that could “entice them into a homosexual lifestyle” (my translation of the language of the 2013 bill). In 2014 the constitutional court claimed that the ban was needed to protect the rights of minors and that it was proportionate, since it does not prohibit gay-related information completely.
"In reality the law worked as a blanket ban, restricting any neutral to positive expressions related to homosexuality. The cases when people were fined for “gay propaganda” varied greatly – from screening LGBTQ+-themed movies to wearing clothes with rainbow print, from providing psychological help to discussing homosexuality in public.
"The “protection of minors” was mere window dressing. The chairman of the constitutional court himself stated that “the legal meaning of this ban is not so much to solve the problem of promoting homosexuality among minors – but to outline an understanding of the deviating nature of this type of behavior”.
"In 2022 this false pretense was abandoned when the ban was extended to the “gay propaganda” among all citizens, not just minors. It also introduced bans on the “propaganda of pedophilia” and the “promotion of gender reassignment”, making it illegal for people to change their legal gender."
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I'm calling it now, there will be no significant changes around the decriminalisation or legalisation in #cannabis. Many in #ireland are still caught in an infantile mindset when it comes to it. There will be some wording that will be changed but cannabis users will remain criminalised, this won't change consumption but will continue to keep control with the cartels. Needless to say I'm for the #decriminalisation of all drugs and complete #legalisation of cannabis. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1021/1412132-citizens-assembly-to-vote-on-drug-use-recommendations/
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#Mauritius is the latest #nation to #decriminalise #samesex #relations in a #divided #continent.
The decision boosts the trend in the #SouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity (#SADC) #region towards #decriminalisation. 9 out of 16 #memberstates – do not #prohibit #gay and #lesbian #sexual #relations.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Mauritius #Decrminialization
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The #CitizensAssembly on Drugs Use is currently taking place in Dublin - #CADrugsUse. Its next meeting will decide on its recommendations to government.
Cian Ó Concubhair - a lecturer in criminal law, policing, & criminology at Maynooth University - has serious concerns about the quality of information which has been presented to Assembly members so far:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1708563345811349816.html
More about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
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The #CitizensAssembly on Drugs Use is currently taking place in Dublin - #CADrugsUse. Its next meeting will decide on its recommendations to government.
Cian Ó Concubhair - a lecturer in criminal law, policing, & criminology at Maynooth University - has serious concerns about the quality of information which has been presented to Assembly members so far:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1708563345811349816.html
More about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
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The #CitizensAssembly on Drugs Use is currently taking place in Dublin - #CADrugsUse. Its next meeting will decide on its recommendations to government.
Cian Ó Concubhair - a lecturer in criminal law, policing, & criminology at Maynooth University - has serious concerns about the quality of information which has been presented to Assembly members so far:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1708563345811349816.html
More about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
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The #CitizensAssembly on Drugs Use is currently taking place in Dublin - #CADrugsUse. Its next meeting will decide on its recommendations to government.
Cian Ó Concubhair - a lecturer in criminal law, policing, & criminology at Maynooth University - has serious concerns about the quality of information which has been presented to Assembly members so far:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1708563345811349816.html
More about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
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The #CitizensAssembly on Drugs Use is currently taking place in Dublin - #CADrugsUse. Its next meeting will decide on its recommendations to government.
Cian Ó Concubhair - a lecturer in criminal law, policing, & criminology at Maynooth University - has serious concerns about the quality of information which has been presented to Assembly members so far:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1708563345811349816.html
More about the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: https://citizensassembly.ie/assembly-on-drugs-use/
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#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
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#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
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#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
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#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
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#LGBTQ+ #Trailblazers On #Allyship, #QueerMarriage And Navigating A Post-#Section377 #India.
#Filmmaker #Onir, The #GayGaze's #Gurleen and a #queer #journalist talk to #TheQuint on what progress looks like 5 years after the #Section377 #ruling.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Decriminalisation
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'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
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'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
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'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
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'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
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'Feels Like Yesterday': #Indian's #Celebrate 5 Years Of #Section377 #Decriminalisation
The #unanimous #landmark #decision, led by then-#ChiefJustice #DipakMisra and the #SupremeCourt of #India, was #pivotal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Section377 #Progress #Decriminalisation
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Statements from #Gardai about drug #decriminalisation are always fear mongering about things that already exist under the current approach, the approach they are proactively trying to maintain and in a lot of cases only exist because of that same prohibition and criminalisation approach.
I give very little weight to their input since the whole reason its a discussion in the first place is because their way doesnt work and harms communities. A fact they really dont seem bothered about.
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#Irish #JusticeDepartment hands over #documents on #decriminalisation of #homosexuality to #NationalArchives.
#Senator #DavidNorris attended the #event where the #DepartmentofJustice handed over #files relating to the #courtcase that led to #decriminalisation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ireland #Decriminalizsation #History #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia
https://gcn.ie/justice-department-handover-decriminalisation-homosexuality-national-archives/
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An explanation of #drug #decriminalisation policies https://theferret.scot/scotland-drug-decriminalisation-policies-world/
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#Singapore hosts first #LGBTQ+ #rally since #decriminalisation of #gay #sex
‘Everyone should stand in the sun’
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Singapore #Representation #Culture
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/26/singapore-lgbtq-rally-gay-sex-decriminalised/
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🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇺🇬 We strongly condemn the adopted discriminatory #Ugandan 'anti-Homosexuality Act 2023'.
⚖️The Act violates #fundamental human rights.
👇Our co-chairs and VPs signed a letter calling the @eu_eeas for strong action as outlined in the EP resolution on #decriminalisation.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LGBTIintergroup/status/1665755457955196928
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#SupremeCourt in #SriLanka clears path for #decriminalisation of #homosexuality
#LGBTQ+ #rights #activists in the country have been #campaigning for years to change the #ColonialEra #law in a country where #homosexuality is still #punishable by a #prison #sentence and a #fine, leading to the private member’s #bill presented in #parliament last month.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ SriLanka #SexualOrientation #Decriminalization #SameSexCouples #Intimacy
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CW: drugs, bad driving and sociopathic behaviour
Alas, fools like this are the reason we are unlikely to see #drugs #decriminalisation in the short-medium term - he's lucky the old bill didn't want to delve more deeply into how exactly his windscreen got smashed like that (looks like a deliberate act by someone he's pissed off), and clear evidence this vehicle has also been involved in some sort of a collision...
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-05-07/driver-with-smashed-windscreen-was-high-on-cocaine
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#PeterTatchell has penned a #letter to #WestMidlands #Police, calling for an #apology for their #history of #homophobic ‘#witchhunts’.
According to Tatchell, before the full #decriminalisation of #homosexuality in 2003, the police in West Midlands targeted and arrested thousands of #gay and #bisexual #men for #consensual and victimless behavior.
#Gay #Bisexual #Men #LGBTQIA #UK #Police #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Incarceration #Homophobia #NoPoliceAtPride
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/05/west-midlands-police-homophobia-gay/
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#SriLanka’s #queer #community awaits #SupremeCourt's decision on #decriminalisation of #homosexuality. Activists are also keenly tracking the hearings on #marriageequality in #India.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthAsia #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
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🇪🇺 another month, another #Plenary. Check our #LGBTIQ-focused summary
🌍 universal #decriminalisation
🟰 horizontal #equality directive
🇪🇺 EU-@coe relations
🪖#CSDP
🇦🇫 education in #Afghanistan
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️full summary: https://lgbti-ep.eu/2023/04/25/plenary-summary-universal-decriminalisation-of-homosexuality-the-horizontal-anti-discrimination-directive-institutional-relations-between-eu-and-council-of-europe-csdp-and-afghanistan/📙texts: http://lgbti-ep.eu/resource-list/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LGBTIintergroup/status/1650860038477447168
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#Argument That #Children Of #SameSexMarriage Will Be #Impacted Incorrect: #SupremeCourt
The #SupremeCourt #ConstitutionBench led by #CJIChandrachud put forward that post-#decriminalisation of #Section377, #homosexual #individuals are allowed to #adopt #children
https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/children-of-same-sex-marriage-supreme/
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Even England’s police want to decriminalise hard drugs. Why won’t our posturing politicians listen - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/20/england-police-decriminalise-hard-drugs-home-office why, indeed? #drugs #decriminalisation
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CW: Books / sex trade law
A small "claim to fame" is that I was a beta-reader for the book #RevoltingProstitutes, by Juno Mac and Molly Smith. There's an acknowledgement in the back of it which I treasure, which says that I "sharpened and clarified" their arguments! How lovely is that.
I recommend it as a useful book if you're interested in that area:
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3039-revolting-prostitutes