LGBT News Q&A: Gay rights in Russia

Gay people in Russia are under pressure over their sexual orientation, 20 years after the country decriminalised homosexuality.

BBC News - Q&A: Gay rights in Russia

 

There are signs that homosexuals in Russia may be singled out in new ways. Plans exist, the Moscow Times reports, for a nationwide survey of gay people and prostitutes for HIV next year, albeit on a voluntary basis. This, despite the fact that the vast majority of infections are among the country's heroin addicts.

In January, the Russian army issued guidelines for checking new conscripts for intimate tattoos that may indicate "possible sexual deviations" among other things.