Current Version
| Region | Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | May 26, 2022 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In 2022, Gagauzia passed a law banning media from reporting on LGBTIQ+ issues. |
| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/moldova/ https://iwpr.net/global-voices/coming-out-gagauzias-conservative-society |
Revision History (2)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Reports and sources state that there is state-enforced censorship.
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Value | No censorship | State-enforced |
| Start Date | (unknown) | May 26, 2022 |
| Description | In Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma (UTAG), there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | In 2022, Gagauzia passed a law banning media from reporting on LGBTIQ+ issues. |
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| Sources | https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/moldova/ https://iwpr.net/global-voices/coming-out-gagauzias-conservative-society | |
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Gagauzia, Unitatea teritoriala autonoma (UTAG), there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "In May 2022, the assembly adopted a resolution banning LGBTIQ “propaganda of non-traditional relations”. The new bill states that the “traditional family” is the basis of Gagauz society, prohibits promotion of “non-traditional relations” and bans local media from publishing anything positive relating to same-sex couples
https://iwpr.net/global-voices/coming-out-gagauzias-conservative-society"
- Newer law has been passed "A resolution was passed on May 25th by the People's Assembly of Gagauzia forbidding "propaganda of nontraditional values"(Resolution text is here: https://www.halktoplushu.md/index.php/postanovleniya/3946-o-zaprete-propagandy-netraditsionnykGagauziah-otnoshenij-lgbt-na-territorii-ato-gagauziya-gagauz-eri). This resolution has been sharply criticised and is being challenged in court (https://iwpr.net/global-voices/coming-out-gagauzias-conservative-society), but so far no ruling appears to have been reached."
- Newer law has been passed "law banning lgbtqi+ propaganda, may 2022
https://www.halktoplushu.md/index.php/postanovleniya/3946-o-zaprete-propagandy-netraditsionnykh-otnoshenij-lgbt-na-territorii-ato-gagauziya-gagauz-eri"