Yulia Tsvetkova, a Russian artist promoting body positivism, LGBTQ rights and sex education, poses for a photo outside a court building in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia July 10, 2020. Tsvetkova faces charges of "spreading pornography" and "promoting non-traditional sexual relationships among minors" over the sharing her artwork on social media. REUTERS/Stringer
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian LGBT activist said she was fined 75,000 roubles (838 pounds) on Friday on charges of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors by publishing drawings of same-sex couples with children online.
Yulia Tsvetkova and her lawyer said she was prosecuted over a series of colourful pictures, some showing two men or two women, holding babies or standing with young children, sometimes surrounded by rainbow-coloured love hearts.
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