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2023-07-16 17:26:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EE2B6AC44D09F0E99A96850EBFB70A7D4944DB0BFCC31978A556CAE07CDE23BC
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LGBTQ+ people have been persecuted long before the Ukraine war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Russia Russia has allegedly used stat sponsored homophobia as a means of propaganda throughout the war. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/05/17/russia-homophobia-and-battle-traditional-values Due to this, existing discrimination and violence against LGBTI people is aggravated during this conflict. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2022/729412/EPRS_ATA(2022)729412_EN.pdf https://lgbtnet.org/en/news/2021/rossiyskaya_lgbt_set_priznana_inoagentom/
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