Russian Duma passes draft law banning gender change
by Reuters from on (#6CZ8W)
Bill going through parliament is latest example of crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights under Vladimir Putin
A sweeping Russian draft law to ban legally or medically changing gender has been approved by the lower house of parliament in its final reading, part of a crackdown against LGBTQ+ rights under President Vladimir Putin.
The bill would bar Russians from changing their gender on official identity documents, which had been legal since 1997. Health workers would be banned from performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person", including surgery and prescribing hormone therapy.
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