The #Russian president signed the law on Monday (24 July), which officially bans “medical interventions aimed at changing the s3x of a person”, including #genderaffirmingsurgery and prescribing #hormonetherapy, The #Moscow Times reported. The new law also outlaws changing #gendermarkers on official documents such as passports, which had been legal in #Russia since 1997. Passed by both houses of the #Russianparliament earlier this month, the law also bans trans people from adopting a child and annuls marriages in which one of the partners is #trans. When the law passed through the lower house of parliament on 14 July, #Duma speaker #vyacheslavvolodin Victorovich claimed it “protects our citizens [and] children”. Doctors and #LGBTQ+ activists in the country have warned that the legislation could lead to an increase in attempted su1cides and a black market for #hormone substitutes. “The hypocrisy of not allowing adults to make decisions about their bodies… is not unique to Russia but rather part of a cynical and exploitative anti-rights tilt politicians around the world are taking,” Kyle Knight, a senior researcher on health and #LGBTrights at #HumanRightsWatch, said when the bill was proposed in June. “Russian politicians are harming #transgender and #intersex people by continuing to deploy cynical ‘family-values’ rhetoric to uphold regressive ideas about gender and s3xuality while assaulting informed consent rights for adults and children.” Full story via link in bio 🔗 #queernews #queertok #vladimirputin #russianpolitics #transrightsarehumanrights #translivesmatter🏳️⚧️ #transkidsdeservetogrowup #queerpolitics #stateduma