Activists complained to the court about Smolny’s refusal to approve several events in defense of LGBT people.

The organizers of actions in defense of LGBT rights appealed to the city court of St. Petersburg against the refusal of the Smolninsky District Court to satisfy the activists' complaint about the refusals to approve three mass actions. about it . writes Fontanka

Nikolai Alekseev, Vladimir Klimov and Sofya Mikhailova believe that in the district instance “the court did not take into account the discriminatory motive, indicating that the Committee, in principle, does not consider the possibility of holding public events with the stated goals.”

The organizers were going to hold three rallies calling on Russian presidential candidates to speak out against homophobia.

In Smolny, in turn, they referred to the law prohibiting "gay propaganda".

The applicants saw in the refusals to approve LGBT events “a discriminatory motive, indicating that the Committee, in principle, does not consider the possibility of holding public events with the stated goals.”

On August 12, the St. Petersburg police banned LGBT activists from holding a march on the Field of Mars. And before that, the administration of St. Petersburg refused to coordinate the procession.