Retraction Watch stories: “A Russian philosophy journal has retracted a paper about lesbian style magazines, citing a newly handed legislation that bans ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences.’”
The journal is Logos (to not be confused with Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture or with Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal at Cornell College), the writer is Reina Lewis, a professor of Cultural Research on the London College of Fashion at College of the Arts London, and the paper is, “Looking Good: The Lesbian Gaze and Fashion Imagery.”
The paper continues to be on-line, however, Retraction Watch stories:
an entry on the Russian database eLIBRARY signifies it was retracted for being “in violation of requirements.” The discover continued: “The retraction was issued by the choice of the editorial board as a result of presence of indicators that fall beneath the scope of Legislation No. 217471-8 “On Amendments to the Federal Legislation ‘On Info, Info Applied sciences and Info Safety” and sure legislative acts of the Russian Federation (concerning the prohibition of propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences)’.”…
At first of December, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a legislation ‘utterly banning propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations, gender reassignment and pedophilia,’ the state information company TASS wrote.
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