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Independent Research Fund Denmark. Security, sexuality, and the Gay Clown Putin meme : queer theory and international responses to Russian political homophobia. Published online : 10 April Published: August Symplectic Sheffield. It is now illegal in Russia to distribute any images that depict President Vladimir Putin wearing makeup and implying he is gay.

It is now illegal in Russia to distribute any images that depict President Vladimir Putin wearing makeup and implying he is gay. Last week, the Russian justice ministry added an image of Putin as a gay clown to its. The poster of Mr. Putin in drag — reminiscent to some of Andy Warhol’s images of Marilyn Monroe — has been referred to widely on social media and by news outlets as a “ gay clown,” with.

A viral meme appears to have hurt poor Russian President Vladimir Putin's very sensitive feelings. Russia cracks down on Putin ‘gay clown’ memes in war on ‘internet extremism’ Kremlin attempts to rein in viral images of President in make-up as part of wider bid to control sexual. ISSN While not all memes are political interventions, Gay Clown Putin is an iconic meme that is part of the international response to Russian state-directed political homophobia that emerged after the gay propaganda law was passed in How it has circulated and the attention it has received make it apt for exploring memes as visual political interventions that challenge national security discourses.

  • Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown. Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many.

    • The Russian government made it illegal for people to distribute memes of Vladimir Putin as a gay clown. The Russian government made it illegal this week to distribute or share any images similar to that meme of President Vladimir Putin wearing heavy makeup, deeming it “extremist” material. Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown.

    Putin has overseen oppressive laws curbing LGBTQ rights in Russia. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Security Dialogue. Bringing memes to the study of international security, I show how the collection of images making up the Gay Clown Putin meme provides space for understanding the visual politics of security. The Justice Ministry in Moscow has included one of them among a. The Russian Justice Ministry has banned the use of an image depicting President Vladmir Putin wearing make-up, apparently reacting to the photo’s implication that President Putin might be gay.

    Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many. The image is now on Russia’s list of prohibited extremist materials, which is over 4, items long. Download Accepted Version. Here, I provide three readings of Gay Clown Putin that suggest different possibilities for how the meme might work politically.

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