LGBTQ+ activists said that this law will lead to an increase in attempted suicides among trans youth unable to access medical care
Healthcare providers would be banned from performing medical interventions including surgery & prescribing hormone therapy
The legislation will need to have three more readings before it can be passed and sent on to Russian President Putin for his signature
With Putin's signature, Russian LGBTQ+ people "will cease to be publicly known" effectively driving them underground
The legislation still needs the approval of the upper House and President Putin- introduces an expanded "all ages" anti-LGBTQ propaganda ban
Part of the political pressure to further restrict LGBTQ+ equality stems from anti-LGBTQ+ remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin
