The law bans surgery and hormone therapy, and prohibits changing gender on official documents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Transition surgery is now banned in Russia and transgender people are subject to a welter of other restrictions under a harsh new law signed by President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
“We have our Russian families, and the liberalisation of such phenomena can be the first step on the road to hell,” said Dr Badma Bashenkaev, the chair of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, when the ban passed the lower house of parliament unanimously on July 14. But in the face of repeated setbacks since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kremlin officials have tried to use new laws to bolster support both domestically and internationally from people who oppose basic rights for minority groups, analysts said.
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