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Putin orders creation of psychiatric institute to “study the behavior of LGBT people”, Russian health minister warns of "suicides across the country" (web.archive.org)

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On June 14, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill banning surgical operations “aimed at changing a person’s sex” and changing one’s gender marker in legal documents in its first reading. During the session, multiple parties in the Duma vocally criticized the document. After Russia’s Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko criticised the law and supported the prohibition of “sex changes” -the term the Duma uses to describe gender transitions- solely based on a patient's request and advocated stricter requirements for surgery and hormone therapy, but did not advocate a complete ban on gender transitions, Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin asked Murashko not to propose any amendments to the law. "We would like the Ministry of Health not to issue any amendments by the second reading, reasoning that it takes care of people. Care should be taken, if you will, by banning all this fornication,” Volodin said.

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Kremlin is the GOP of the east?

[–] Thalyssa@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lots of alt-righters see Russia as the last bastion of western civilization.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you go west enough, you get to the east. 🤔 Horseshoe theory confirmed?! 😱

[–] dope@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'But the Earth is flat.' 😒

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's the other side of the coin, isn't it? Or perhaps it's the same side of two coins. Just thinking about it is making me stupider.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Gradually_Adjusting given the fact that tankies would still see Russia as a reliable ally against the supposed Western imperialism even after this, that would not be far from truth.

@Thalyssa

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Western imperialism is hardly a supposition, regardless of the fact that Russia is also imperialist and, yeah, not a good candidate for "anti-imperialist ally of western socialism" in any sense.

[–] ShesDayDreaming@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No horseshoe theory is not confirmed lol

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

thats_the_joke.silly

[–] quantum_mechanic@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago

They have a lot in common. You could say they are allies these days.

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes they are like a shining beacon to fascists worldwide on "how to do it". Now the GOP may have just been conservatives, but they are being turned to fascism by some elements.

In my country the far-right even had a written "agreement of cooperation" with them to "advance their causes". They only stopped openly doing that since 2022, but 100% they still parrot Putin talking points. This was public knowledge (as well as their repeated corruption) and yet people STILL vote them in even bigger numbers, because their "distract with hate and fear" games work so well.