Nearly 150,000 people from all over the world have signed a petition against a potential law that would make it illegal for any person to write a book, publish an article or speak in public about being gay, lesbian or transgender in St Petersburg. AllOut.org says ruling party led by President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin could make millions of people invisible with the stroke of a pen when they vote on the law in the Russian city tomorrow. "Right now, the world needs to speak up and tell Russian authorities to drop the bill. Join this call to leaders around the world to reach out to their counterparts in the Russian government - and ask them to reject this discriminatory and anti-democratic law," the group says. You can sign the petition here
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First published: Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 - 1:35pm