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Russia fines gay activist for giving advice to LGBTI teens on social media
Russia has fined a gay rights activist the maximum fine just for giving advice to LGBTI teens on social media.
Sergei Alekseenko, director of the LGBTI group Maximum, was found guilty of violating the country’s ‘gay propaganda’ law in Murmansk, north-western Russia.
He was ordered to pay 100,000 rubles ($1,300, €1,200).
Alekseenko was found guilty of posting on Maximum’s web page that presented homosexuality in a positive light to children.
In one, he was trying to combat the myth that to be gay meant being evil, or wrong, or disgusting.
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