to be fair, russia is more progressive in terms of lgbt rights, if not de jure, then de facto: for example, in st petersburg there’s like a million gay bars, the operate relatively openly…
I don’t really understand how Russia and the Russian Federation works, but I picked up that not all regions have the same laws. Is St Petersburg in a region where such laws are different?
russia has about 80 federal subjects (think amerikan states), of which a little over 20 are republics, many of which have their own president or head, and corresponding sets of laws
however, iiuc these laws are always a superset of the federal russian laws, that is, they can only “add” on top of them, they can’t “cancel out” federal russian laws
but anyway, the leningrad oblast (a region where st petersburg is located) isn’t a republic, therefore they can’t make their own laws
however, being gay is technically legal in russia, so it wouldn’t matter that much anyway; gay ppl and organisations are often harassed by cops and all that when they enter the spotlight, but overall they’re able to operate okay-ish in this grey zone
to be fair, russia is more progressive in terms of lgbt rights, if not de jure, then de facto: for example, in st petersburg there’s like a million gay bars, the operate relatively openly…
I don’t really understand how Russia and the Russian Federation works, but I picked up that not all regions have the same laws. Is St Petersburg in a region where such laws are different?
russia has about 80 federal subjects (think amerikan states), of which a little over 20 are republics, many of which have their own president or head, and corresponding sets of laws
however, iiuc these laws are always a superset of the federal russian laws, that is, they can only “add” on top of them, they can’t “cancel out” federal russian laws
but anyway, the leningrad oblast (a region where st petersburg is located) isn’t a republic, therefore they can’t make their own laws
however, being gay is technically legal in russia, so it wouldn’t matter that much anyway; gay ppl and organisations are often harassed by cops and all that when they enter the spotlight, but overall they’re able to operate okay-ish in this grey zone
fair point