Russian Official Fears Men Licking Ice Cream Has Gay Undertone [Video]

An official in Siberia has said that a promotional image of two men in summer clothing enjoying ice cream in sub-zero temperatures should not be displayed because it was connected to “non-traditional relationships.”

In November 2022, Russia’s parliament passed a law banning “LGBT propaganda,” which criminalizes any act regarded as an attempt to promote what Russia calls “non-traditional sexual relations” in film, online, advertising or in public.

Since then, the crackdown has got tougher, with Russia’s Supreme Court last month classifying the LGBTQ+ movement as extremist, even though no such organization exists as an entity.

The law in effect bans anything deemed to promote a “non-heterosexual lifestyle.” While it does not come into effect in Russia until January 10, 2024, there have already been reports of raids on LGBTQ+ venues in the country.

Meanwhile, news outlet SibFM reported that Alexander Tarasov, the chairman of the standing committee on culture, had taken issue with a photograph intended to show the …