Russian LGBT activist fined for 'gay propaganda' family drawings

Yulia Tsvetkova, a Russian artist promoting body positivism, LGBTQ rights and sex education, poses for a photo outside a court building in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia July 10, 2020. Tsvetkova faces charges of"spreading pornography" and"promoting non-traditional sexual relationships among minors" over the sharing her artwork on social media. REUTERS/Stringer

The court in the eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur confirmed the 27-year-old had been fined under a 2013 law that bans disseminating"propaganda on non-traditional sexual relations" among young Russians - legislation condemned by rights groups. Homosexuality in Russia, where the influence of the socially conservative Orthodox Church has grown in recent years, was a criminal offence until 1993, and classed as a mental illness until 1999.President Vladimir Putin has said he is not prejudiced against gay people, but that he finds a Western willingness to embrace homosexuality and gender fluidity out of step with traditional Russian values.

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