Homosexuality In Russia Essay

Imagine you are having a lovely time with your family on your trip to Russia, walking around the streets of Moscow, exploring, seeing the sights and eating the different types of food. Unfortunately, you were unaware of a parade as you were crossing the street. But, instead of seeing a happy scene, you got a firsthand view of people attacking others, police running about trying to force one person off of another, and people cursing and hitting others. Then before you know it someone is accusing you of being homosexual as well and throwing you into the thick of this fight. Next, you are being physically attacked and arrested by the police. This is what has happened to the LGBT+ people of Russia for the past ten years due to the fact that the …show more content…
But, according to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) “In 1973, the weight of empirical data, coupled with changing social norms and the development of a politically active gay community in the United States, led the Board of Directors of the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)” (Herek). For over forty years homosexuality has not been categorized as a disorder, and the APA had gathered quite a bit of data from different data, scientists, and studies they did not take this lightly. Confronted with overwhelming empirical evidence, the APA could not ignore this topic (Herek). Unfortunately, not everyone knows or follows the APA very closely to know that it has been updated, and most people who still believe homosexuality is a disorder either believe what has often been told to then by their family or their faith. Sheerly due to their faith, many people today believe it is a sin and that no one should participate in