LGBTQ rights in the post-Soviet states

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ) persons in the post-Soviet states face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. == History == === After the October Revolution: 1917–1933 === The Soviet Government of the Russian Soviet Republic decriminalised homosexuality in December 1917, following the October Revolution and the discarding of the Legal Code of Tsarist Russia.

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