BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyzstan is set to vote on a controversial bill that would make it a crime punishable by up to six months in jail to present gay relationships in a positive way in the ex-Soviet state.The move by the predominantly Muslim Central Asian country follows an anti-gay law passed in Russia in 2013 which bans promoting gay relationships to minors.The Kyrgyz legislation would criminalise “forming positive attitudes toward non-traditional sexual relations” – a euphemism for gay relationships.Lawmaker Nurkamil Madaliev, one of the bill’s backers, said that he expected the legislation to receive its second reading “before the end …read more
Source: AsiaOne
