Russian Poetry Prize Bans Entries From Transgender People

Source: U.S. News and World ReportA Russian poetry competition has banned transgender people from submitting entries this year, in what it says is an effort to protect traditional values. The Andrei Dementyev All-Russian Poetry Prize, organized by the government of Russia's Tver region, accepts applications until late April from poets "regardless of citizenship, nationality, profession and place of residence." But the competition explicitly bars "citizens who have changed their...