Thus It Begins: Russian Police Raid Gay Bars

Part of the Fascist-Authoritarian playbook is to always look for a target to punch:

Police raid Moscow gay bars after a Supreme Court ruling labeled LGBTQ+ movement ‘extremist’

Russian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country’s top court banned what it called the “global LGBTQ+ movement” as an extremist organization.

Police searched venues across the Russian capital, including a nightclub, a male sauna, and a bar that hosted LGBTQ+ parties, under the pretext of a drug raid, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that clubgoers’ documents were checked and photographed by the security services. They also said that managers had been able to warn patrons before police arrived.

“Show us your papers.”

Activists have noted the lawsuit was lodged against a movement that is not an official entity, and that under its broad and vague definition authorities could crack down on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of it.

The world-wide march to authoritarianism continues. Today it is LGBTQ people in Russia, who will it be here in the USA, if Hair Füror gets in the White House again? He always mimics the bigger bully looking for approval, so you can bet he’ll do the same.

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