A leading rights watchdog has called on Russian authorities to abolish the country’s law banning gay “propaganda,” arguing it is having a deeply damaging effect on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.
RFE/RL: Russia’s ‘propaganda’ law damaging LGBT youth, Human Rights Watch finds
Gay and LGBT rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev (R) holds a flare as he rides a quad-bike during an unauthorized gay rights activists rally in central Moscow on May 30, 2015.
