Russian Photographer Jailed for Writing Homosexual Fan Fiction

Last week, a 36-year-old Russian girl named Alexandra Kuzyk was sentenced to 18 months of labor camp for publishing what authorities deemed “illegal pornography,” per the state-affiliated tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda-Yekaterinburg. Said pornography was really same-sex fan fiction concerning the Okay-pop band Stray Kids, revealed on the messaging app Telegram.

Trouble started a yr in the past when a girl found Kuzyk’s fan fiction on her daughter’s machine, based on the Mirror, and reported it to the police. (Russia’s Supreme Court had banned the “LGBTQ movement” as an “extremist” group in 2023, resulting in crackdowns on fan content material. Last yr, authorities blocked the world’s largest anime and manga networking platform, MyAnimeList.) The girl despatched screenshots to Roskomnadzor, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, according to the Mirror. Police then raided Kuzyk’s dwelling. Kuzyk pleaded responsible in court docket and stated her writing didn’t earn her cash. Her preliminary sentence of 4 years was decreased to 18 months of labor. She should additionally pay 10 p.c of her wages to the state, per the Gazeta.

Russian smut writers aren’t the one ones risking their lives. In Nigeria, they’re publishing serialized novels on WhatsApp, evading authorities censors for now. We Americans are having fun with our Heated Rivalry fics, however simply think about if the anti-LGBTQ puritans at the Heritage Foundation received their approach.