Russian parliament approves ban on gender affirmation procedures

The upper house unanimously passed a bill banning medical interventions to change a person's sex.
The law prohibits changing gender on official documents and annuls marriages where a partner has transitioned.
Exceptions are allowed for congenital anomalies, but transgender people cannot become foster or adoptive parents.
The ban is seen as protecting traditional values against Western liberal ideology.
Russia has been cracking down on LGBTQ rights over the past decade, including banning gay marriage and promotion of non-traditional relationships.