Thinking of taking a vacation to Europe this summer? If a trip to iconic city of Moscow or the edgier St. Petersburg is on your bucket list, an anti-gay law recently passed in Russia may have you thinking again. It is now outlawed to be 'out and proud.'
In a throwback to the country's authoritarian ruling, Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial law that punishes people for "homosexual propaganda." The law fines people—including tourists—up to 200,000 rubles ($6,240 CDN) for "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations." For Canadians—where same-sex marriage is legal—it is unfathomable that Russia's laws permit the government to arrest and detain gay, or pro-gay, foreigners for up to 14 days before they would then be expelled from the country.
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