{"id":1771,"date":"2015-09-28T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T05:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/putin-i-personally-have-awarded-homosexual-people-medals\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:42:24","slug":"putin-i-personally-have-awarded-homosexual-people-medals","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/putin-i-personally-have-awarded-homosexual-people-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin: \u201cI personally have awarded homosexual people medals\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-2251\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Vladimir_Putin_3452701b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-786\" style=\"width:325px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Vladimir_Putin_3452701b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Vladimir_Putin_3452701b-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">photo: CBSNEWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere should not be any criminal prosecution or any other prosecution of sexual minorities,\u201d said President Vladimir Putin in the interview for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/putin-talks-gay-rights-on-60-minutes\/\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He condemned the laws prohibiting non-traditional sexual orientation in four states of America (Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and Kansas) and blamed external forces for deliberately exaggerating the homosexual issues in Russia for political purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople of non-traditional sexual orientation work, they live in peace, they get promoted, they get state awards for their achievements in science and arts or other areas. I personally have awarded them medals,\u201d said Putin justifying the prohibition insisting it applies only to propaganda directed toward children, and he thinks it is not anti-democratic to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should leave kids in peace, give them a chance to grow, help them to realize who they are and decide for themselves, do they consider themselves a man or a woman? Do they want to live in a normal, natural marriage or a non-traditional one.\u201d- Putin explained his justification underpinning the law banning gay propaganda among children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin assured that in Russia the rights of sexual minorities are not only recognized, but are also guaranteed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere should not be any criminal prosecution or any other prosecution of sexual minorities,\u201d said President Vladimir Putin in the interview for CBS. He condemned the laws prohibiting non-traditional sexual orientation in four states of America (Texas, Montana, Oklahoma and Kansas) and blamed external forces for deliberately exaggerating the homosexual issues in Russia for political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":786,"template":"","categories":[121],"tags":[],"news_events-categories":[122],"class_list":["post-1771","news_events","type-news_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news_events-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Putin: \u201cI personally have awarded homosexual people medals\u201d | Pink Armenia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Putin: \u201cI personally have awarded homosexual people medals\u201d Pink Armenia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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