Same-sex marriage: Banned from Dec 29, 1995 to now.
The federal laws of Russia do not allow for same-sex unions of any kind, and the Russian constitution has defined marriage as a union strictly between a man and woman since 2020.
Same-sex adoption: Single only from Jul 2, 2013 to Jul 19, 2023.
Adoption is being regulated by the Civil Procedure Code of Russia (Chapter 29); Family Code of Russia (Chapter 19); Federal Law On Acts of Civil Status (Chapter V). None of these documents contain…
Blood donations by MSMs: Legal from Apr 16, 2008 to now.
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In 2008, Russia repealed its ban against gay people donating blood. The law was signed in effect on April 16, 2008 by Tatyana Golikova, the minister of Russia's Health and Social…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Nov 15, 1997 to 2018.
Transgender people are able to change their gender on identification documents after being issued a document from a health institution confirming the surgical requirements.
Homosexual activity: Illegal (death penalty as punishment) from 1996 to now.
Homosexuality became legal in every Russian federal subject in 1993, except for Chechnya.
While Chechnya does not have an official law dictating what to do against LGBTQ+ people, openly LGBTQ+…
Blood donations by MSMs: Banned (indefinite deferral) from Sep 14, 2001 to Apr 16, 2008.
On September 14, 2001, the Russian Ministry of Health announced that men who have sex with men would be considered part of the "HIV high-risk groups," along with prostitutes and drug addicts.
LGBT employment discrimination: No protections from past to now.
Article 3 of the Labour Code prohibits employment discrimination but does not explicitly mention sexual
orientation or gender identity. Several prominent people including a TV news anchor have been…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, no restrictions from Jan 19, 2018 to May 30, 2023.
Under the 2018 revision by the Ministry of Health, a medical commision can issue a certificate of gender change without the need for surgery or hormone replacement therapy.
Censorship of LGBT Issues: Fine as punishment from Jun 11, 2013 to Nov 30, 2023.
In 2013, Russia introduced a law known as "for the Purpose of Protecting Children from Information Advocating for a Denial of Traditional Family Values" (known worldwide as the "gay propaganda law")…
Same-sex adoption: Illegal from past to Jul 2, 2013.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday banning the adoption of children by same-sex couples, as part of an increasingly conservative agenda the Kremlin is pursuing since his…
Right to change legal gender: Illegal from Jul 19, 2023 to now.
The upper house of Russia’s parliament unanimously approved a bill outlawing gender-affirming care and legal gender change. It also annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender”…
Right to change legal gender: Legal, but requires surgery from Apr 5, 1972 to Nov 5, 1997.
after the sex reassignment surgery that took place in September 17, 1970, a transgender man changed his legal gender and name.
Six months after change legal gender, he became a husband.
Censorship of LGBT Issues: Imprisonment as punishment from Nov 30, 2023 to now.
“Russia's parliament approved on Thursday a bill that widens a prohibition of "LGBT propaganda" and restricts the "demonstration" of LGBT behaviour, making any expression of an LGBT lifestyle…