Drag queen Timur Kidrachev was not allowed to attend the Wedding Awards Ural ceremony in Yekaterinburg due to the law on “LGBT propaganda” due to the law on “LGBT propaganda”. As director Yegor Rasputin said , he came to the event in his stage image of Kira Bogema.
Rasputin emphasizes that Kidrachev bought a ticket for the ceremony and came there as a guest. “And the organizers asked him to leave the event, saying that he looks inappropriate, because Timur came in the image in which he works on the sites as an artist,” Rasputin said.
Olesya Sukhorukova, the organizer, said that Kidrachev was not allowed to attend the ceremony because of the law on “LGBT propaganda”. “Now no award will support this. There is a law, and the award can be closed on the basis of this law, and fines will be issued to the organizers. Such images must be agreed with the organizers at any event. This was not agreed with us, ”she told It's My City.
The law on the complete ban on "propaganda" of non-traditional sexual relations and transgender transition was signed by Vladimir Putin on December 5, 2022. According to it, for "propaganda" of "non-traditional relationships", pedophilia and gender reassignment among people of any age, a fine of 50 to 800 thousand rubles can be imposed. For legal entities, its amount can reach 10 million rubles.