On June 21, the State Duma adopted a bill banning the international adoption of Russian children by same-sex couples.
This selection of photographs is taken from the photo album of the American Family Equality Council, dedicated to protecting the rights of same-sex families. Many of them contain homemade posters saying that these families are not so different from traditional ones and deserve equal treatment and equal rights. You can relate to same-sex love in different ways, but it’s worth looking at these happy children’s faces and mentally comparing them with photographs of children from numerous Russian orphanages…
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