Russia outlaws 'international LGBT public movement' as extremist

Human rights activists say supreme court's vague wording provides wide scope for persecution Russia's supreme court has outlawed what it called an "international LGBT public movement" as extremist, in a landmark ruling that representatives of gay and transgender people warn will lead to arrests and prosecutions of the already repressed LGBTQ+ community. The ruling in effect outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a country growing increasingly conservative since the start of the war in Ukraine. The "extremis...