MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia has passed a controversial law banning transvestites and transsexuals from driving, prompting sharp criticism from rights activists, including a prominent Kremlin advisor.The legislation that entered into force this week bans anyone diagnosed with a range of personality and gender identity disorders, including transvestites and transsexuals, from taking the wheel.The list also includes people with sexual fetishes, voyeurs and paedophiles, as well as pathological gamblers and kleptomaniacs.The law follows other legislation passed in Russia discriminating against people because of their sexual orientation.In 2012, President Vladimir Putin signed a law that bans providing information on gays to minors, …read more
Source: Dunya TV
