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This Week in Bans: 'Gay Lifestyles' Outlawed in St. Petersburg, Russia
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Welcome back to our weekly look at what's been outlawed in cities across the world:
• St. Petersburg has outlawed any kind of behavior that promotes gay lifestyles around kids. That means it's now illegal in Russia's second-largest city to talk about homosexuality, bisexuality and transgender issues around children in anything but a negative light. Individuals will be fined $168 for violating the new ban while legal entities can be charged $16,800. According to the RT network, the new law is intended to prevent people from “spreading information that can damage the health and moral development of underage children, and make them believe that both traditional and gay relationships are normal.”