Putin Signs Gender Reassignment Ban Into Law - The Moscow Times
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a controversial law that bans legal and surgical sex changes, a move that deprives transgender Russians of the right to access gender-affirming services.  The law, which makes "medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person" and "the state registration of a change of gender without an operation" illegal, was swiftly passed by both houses of the Russian parliament earlier this month.  The law also bans individuals who have undergone gender reassignment from adopting children and annuls marriages in which one of the partners is transgender.  It enters into force immediately.
      • DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I’m saying it’s among the biggest issues! A fascist regime going after one of the most vulnerable classes of citizens, how is that anything other than a colossal issue?

        • NotAPenguin@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          I think you might have misunderstood my comment, I wasn’t saying that this law isn’t an issue, I agree that it’s a huge issue.

  • Umbra@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s a good decision IMO. Some would argue voluntary surgery is okay but it’s just a giant can of worms.

    • flipht@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Another giant can of worms is deciding which individuals get to choose what to do with their bodies.

          • Umbra@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            What I’m saying is that you already can’t have a medical professional do whatever you want on your body. Can’t even sell your organs!

            • zShxck@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              Don’t bother to explain they only get what they want to get, I just proved this point here in the comments

        • priapus@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          There have been cases of individuals with BID (body integrity disphoria) that have had perfectly healthy limbs removed. Gender reassignment surgeries are also a replacement, not just an amputation. At the end of the surgery, the patient will still have perfectly working genitals, just ones that don’t damage their mental health.