[Well, maybe Yanukovych had a point. Since everybody knows that the Nazis were closeted gays, maybe the legislation was intended to prevent Ukraine--like Russia--from becoming susceptible to the epicene perversions being foisted on the noble Slavic races by George Soros, Samantha Powers, and Pussy Riot.]
Gay gag law proposed in Ukraine Ukrainian parliament to vote on law banning 'promotion' of LGBT issues, criminalizing media coverage and work of gay rights groups 21 May 2012 | By Matthew Jenkin Ukrainian parliament to vote on gay 'promotion' law An anti-gay 'propaganda' bill, similar to the one passed in St Petersburg, has been proposed in the Ukraine. The bill, which was recommended to the country's parliament by the Committee on Freedom of Expression and Information, would amend existing laws on ‘the protection of morals’, media and publishing, as well as the criminal code, effectively banning virtually all information on gay and bisexual issues and criminalizing LGBT human rights work in Ukraine. Such activities would become punishable by steep fines or imprisonment for up to five years. full: http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-gag-law-proposed-ukraine210512 --- As reported, on October 2, 2012 the Verkhovna Rada passed at first reading a bill amending some legal documents regarding protection of children's right to safe information space. The authors of the draft law propose to introduce responsibility for actions that propagate homosexual relations, abuse of freedom of speech in the printed media, and the propagation of homosexuality on television and radio. The draft law was developed by people's deputies Yevhen Tsarkov (Communist Party parliamentary faction), Kateryna Lukyanova (Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction), Pavlo Unhurian (BYT-Batkivschyna faction), Yulia Kovalevska (Regions Party faction), Taras Chornovil (independent deputy), and Lilia Hryhorovych (Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense faction). full: https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-proposes-to-take-balanced-approach-to-ban-on-homosexuality-propagation-314512.html _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
