Russian lawmakers pass a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures to protect 'traditional values'
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Russian lawmakers on Friday adopted a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures amid the Kremlin's crusade to protect what it views as the country's 'traditional values.'
Russian lawmakers on Friday adopted a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures amid the Kremlin's crusade to protect what it views as the country's "traditional values."
The toughened version of the bill was passed unanimously in its third and final reading in Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma.
The bill bans any "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person," as well as changing one's gender in official documents and public records.
The only exception will be medical intervention to treat congenital anomalies.
In its second reading on Thursday, clauses were added that annul marriages in which one person has "changed gender" and bar transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
The bill must be passed by the Federation Council, Russia's Kremlin-controlled upper chamber that generally rubber-stamps legislation that the Duma has approved, before being signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It has rattled the country's transgender community and has drawn criticism not only from LGBTQ2S+ rights advocates but from medical personnel as well.
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