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Re "Russia's Anti-Gay Crackdown," by Harvey Fierstein (Op-Ed, July 22):
Russia is indeed in the midst of an appalling homophobic crackdown. The new laws do ban the adoption of Russian children by both gay couples and any single parent living in any country where same-sex marriage is legal.
And a discriminatory, homophobic "propaganda law" provides for the detention and deportation of foreigners if they are engaging in "propaganda," but not simply on suspicion that they are gay.
Yet make no mistake, that's harmful enough, because propaganda, as Mr. Fierstein notes, in this context means anything that presents homosexuality in anything but a negative light.
The same law includes any positive information about "nontraditional" sexuality among a long list of other information that is considered harmful to children. Other harmful information includes pornography, tobacco and alcohol advertisements, and "propaganda" on violence, drug addiction, antisocial behavior, and (ironically) racial and class intolerance.
The antigay crackdown is most definitely part of a broader crackdown on rights in Russia.
RACHEL DENBER
New York, July 23, 2013
The writer is deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division at Human Rights Watch.
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