List of LGBT books banned in Russia
List of LGBT books banned in Russia is the list of books whose distribution is restricted in Russian bookstores due to the Russian gay propaganda law.[1][2] The formal name of the list is "Register of goods containing banned information (LGBT+)".[3]
Among the more than 250 titles are works by Plato, Boccaccio, Virginia Woolf, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Stephen King, Haruki Murakami, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, and Stefan Zweig. The publication of the list caused a wide public outcry.[4]
Manifestations of LGBT book censorship have happened before,[5] but the existence of the list became known on February 20, 2024, although it was compiled as early as December 2022. Representatives of the authorities, including deputy Alexander Khinshtein, tried to disavow the list, despite the fact that various representatives of the book market confirmed its existence.[6][7][8] Another MP, Aleksandr Sholokhov, expressed support for the list.[9]
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- ^ ""Ъ": "Мегамаркет" снял с продажи пропагандирующие ЛГБТ книги". TACC. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ ""Мегамаркет" изымал часть книг из продажи из-за закона о запрете ЛГБТ-пропаганды". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Russia's Sber confirms list of over 250 books removed from online marketplace due to 'LGBT propaganda' law, including works by Dostoevsky and Stephen King". Meduza. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Times, The Moscow (22 February 2024). "Russian Booksellers Remove Potentially Banned Books". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Kassam, Ashifa (24 December 2023). "'No, that's fascism': the librarian who defied Russia's purge of LGBTQ+ books". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ ""Мегамаркет" подтвердил подлинность списка изъятых из продажи книг с ЛГБТ". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Хинштейн заявил об отсутствии угроз для книг Достоевского на фоне запрета ЛГБТ*". ЗакС.Ру (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "В сети обсуждают слитый список "запрещенных" книг: разбираемся, что это может значить". Фонд «Сфера» (in Russian). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "В Госдуме поддержали снятие с продажи книг с ЛГБТ*-тематикой по списку - Москвич Mag" (in Russian). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.