{"id":22235,"date":"2019-09-20T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=22235"},"modified":"2019-09-20T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T16:34:41","slug":"russian-college-expulsion-phone-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/russian-college-expulsion-phone-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian college: Expulsion over pink phone case"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a recent publication by the Moscow Times, a renowned Russian college has threatened one of its male students over the fact that the boy has a pink phone case.<\/b>
\nThe university claims that the color of the phone accessory proves that the student is gay, which is not openly approved by higher education institutions in the country. <\/span>Not only that but the Ural State University of Economics (<\/b>USUE<\/b><\/a>) claims to have gone through the student\u2019s social media profiles and to have found substantial proof of their claims there.\u00a0<\/b>
\nThe student has been actively declining such accusations and saying he is straight. Unfortunately, he still might face expulsion if the university decides his sexuality is a problem for faculty and peers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian colleges and social climate<\/span><\/h2>\n

While the world has gradually become to accept people with different sexuality, and <\/span>equality education<\/span><\/a> is becoming a requirement in western schools, Russian colleges, and society, have a long way to go.<\/span>
\nRecently, the Russian government passed a propaganda ban law, which prohibits the spread and distribution of any information related to non-traditional sexual relationships.\u00a0<\/b>
\nSuch legislature is exceptionally harmful to the mind and psyche of LGBTQ members of society. Generally, the majority of Russians are not welcoming towards LGBTQ people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pink phone case<\/span><\/h2>\n

What is even more frustrating is that the accusations for the student were solely based on the color of his phone case.\u00a0<\/b>
\nThis accusation means that youth in Russia is severely limited in terms of self-expression, not to mention the danger that LGBTQ students are in.<\/span> Education should not be hindered by the fact that a government is conservative, and especially not because of discrimination based on students\u2019 sexual preferences.\u00a0<\/b>
\nHopefully, the political and social landscape in Russia will soon change, as the current situation challenges free access to education for a number of students.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a recent publication by the Moscow Times, a renowned Russian college has threatened one of its male students over the fact that the boy has a pink phone case. The university claims that the color of the phone accessory proves that the student is gay, which is not openly approved by higher education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}