The court declared posts about transgenderism in two public pages on VKontakte prohibited information.

The Vasileostrovskiy District Court of St. Petersburg recognized posts about transsexuality and transgenderness published in the VPSh and SRF public pages on VKontakte as information prohibited in Russia. about this writes The press service of the city courts drew attention to the message. , Mediazona

The press service clarified that a citizen Zhilina sent a request to check the communities. After that, the prosecutor's office requested an examination at the city academy of postgraduate pedagogical education.

According to the examination, public posts allegedly “promote transsexuality, as well as transgenderism, advertise gender reassignment actions; have a wide public resonance, due to which they can harm the health and development of children and adolescents.

It is also noted that the published information "promotes disorders of sexual preference" and normalizes them.

• The VPSh public has almost 2.8 million subscribers, the SRF has more than 334 thousand. They publish posts with news of show business, fashion, music and trends.