Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the "LGBT movement" should be designated as extremist, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.

MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions.

A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to recognise what it called “the international LGBT social movement” as extremist and to ban its activities.

    • DarkGamer
      2•1 year ago

      LGBT people are a convenient metric because they are a minority that exists everywhere in every society. It’s how they treat a subset of their own. There’s a lot more factors regarding how societies treat outside groups, if and how they encounter them.

      • @electrogamerman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        True, but for example im a gay man and according to the original description, I would be a good guy if I treated LGBT members right, but of course I treat them right because im part of them.

        • DarkGamer
          1•1 year ago

          I see, I was thinking of nations and groups more than individuals when I made that comment. Not every LGBT person treats LGBT people well, Roy Cohn comes to mind.