After Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law on 30 December banning LGBTQ+ "propaganda" in the country amid local support, critics and members of the community alike questioned what they said was its vagueness over what it encompasses under the term.
The law restricts disseminating what the law says is "propaganda" of paedophilia and "non-traditional sexual orientation" in social and public media, on online platforms and in public spaces, "including deliberately distorted information for an undefined circle of persons in order to create a positive public opinion."
