Putin signs law banning gender-affirming procedures in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation outlawing gender-affirming procedures and changing gender in documents.
The law annuls marriages where one person has changed gender and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents.
The ban is part of Russia's focus on protecting "traditional values" and combating Western liberal ideology.
The law bans medical interventions to change a person's sex and updating gender in official records.
Russia's crackdown on LGBTQ rights began a decade ago and has included other anti-LGBTQ legislation.