A Brief History of Russia

For as long as history was made, Russia has been portrayed as a very conservative and totalitarian country. It’s gone from Russia to the Soviet Union and then back to Russia, but throughout history, people’s rights have always been limited. The majority of people in Russia have been content with the rules that Czars or presidents have made throughout history but there is always a minority that decides to step up and fight for their rights like their sexual orientation. In June 2013, President Putin created a law against “nontraditional relationships” which in modern day terms means, no homosexual relationships. This law denies gays all their human rights including marriage. Reading about this made me think, what should the world do about Russia when it comes to the anti-gay laws? The law has caused outrage throughout the world. People should be able to have their human rights and be able to marry who they want to marry.

In January 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that there aren’t any gays in Russia that are complaining about the anti-gay laws. He even told CNN, “If you are referring to the situation surrounding the law on the propaganda of so-called ‘non-traditional values’, I believe that only a negligible part of the Russian population is actually concerned about this – that’s my first point. “Medvedev even went on to say that so far he hasn’t heard anything about the Sochi Olympics being endangered and says that being homosexual isn’t banned(Scott Roberts). The LGBT Russian organization would have an opposite argument. Since the laws came out, three gays were arrested and ordered to pay fines for not promoting a traditional relationship. President Vladimir Putin even stepped in and put in his two cents by saying ...

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...l gays have ever wanted was to be free and have acceptance for being themselves. In commercials across the world, like those done by the brand Covergirl, the message is always to love yourself and to show off your inner power. If a country is doing the opposite, then it’s going to have backlash like being cut off from the world. The European Union, doesn’t agree with Russia’s terms so maybe they should do something about it. They could end trade and communication with Russia because if they see what they’re doing is wrong then, maybe they’ll give homosexuals their rights back. Since the laws came out, there has been a lot of protests because people want to have equal rights. In the end, the government shouldn’t have the authority to tell people what their sexual orientation can or can’t be. People are going to follow their own arrow no matter what anyone says.