Nearly 75% of Russians believe homosexuality is "morally unacceptable." Why?

Russia legacy of homophobia continues to put the LGBT community in grave danger, from the country’s “gay propaganda” ban to the current homosexual purge in Chechnya under president Kadyrov.

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But it isn’t just the government working to demonize LGBT Russians: A Pew Research survey found that 72% of Russians believe homosexuality is morally unacceptable—more so that adultery or gambling.

One of the reasons is that Russians are regularly fed damaging propaganda about the LGBT community. Here are 7 examples:



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