#Russian #lawmakers move to further #restrict #transgender #rights in new #legislation.

The new #Laws would #annul #marriages in which one person has “#changed #gender” and #bar #transgender #people from becoming #foster or #adoptive #parents.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Russia #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://apnews.com/article/russia-lgbtq-rights-crackdown-gender-transitioning-b2ec309dc33f2dc3c2d43bd0e2e90670

#introduction time.

I’m Tim. I spent much of last decade building, #facilitating & #maintaining #datastandards, #research projects & communities around #opendata and #opengovernment. Formerly Web Foundation, Open Data Services Co-op & Global Data Barometer.

Now at #ConnectedByData focussing on #participation, power & community voice in #DataGovernance

Freelance work w/ #LandPortal, #GlobalVoices & #opendatacoop

Also #stroud, #greenpolitics. #adoptive #parent & primary #schoolgovernor.