“They will kill, not their own, so strangers”: gay about life in Chechnya and the flight
A homosexual from Chechnya, who left Russia after his arrest, told the “Caucasian Knot” how people with non-traditional sexual...
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5 июн. 2019 г.
“Staying in Russia was just dangerous”: interview with a gay activist.
Artem Shituhin A couple of months ago, a resident of Pyatigorsk Artem Shituhin moved to the Netherlands. This was preceded by attempts to...
3 июн. 2019 г.
Chechnya boycotted a film about Elton John with gay scenes. (News that read in Russia).
In Chechnya, they called provocation an exit to the Russian rental of a biographical film about singer Elton John “Rocketman”, from which...
3 июн. 2019 г.
Sir Elton John slams Russia for censoring scenes from Rocketman. (News that reads the world.)
The country has censored same-sex scenes as well as scenes involving drug use. Sir Elton John has slammed Russia for censoring scenes...
30 мая 2019 г.
Russia: LGBT Life through Personal Stories.
Some go to the action and try to behave openly. Others live a normal life, without advertising their orientation, and do not understand...
28 мая 2019 г.
“THE POLICEMAN SAID:“ WELL, I WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM. ”AS IN CHECHNYA, AN ATTEMPT OF RAPE IS BEING INV
The monologue of a resident of Chechnya, who reported to the police about attempted rape at work, survived the night interrogations,...
23 мая 2019 г.
Russian embassy wrapped in Pride flag to protest Chechnya’s anti-gay purge.
They unfurled the flag alongside handing in a petition calling for the Russian government to intervene. A pride flag with the IDAHOBT...
23 мая 2019 г.
The level of fear in respect of LGBT neighbors among Russians has increased three times in ten years
Russians feel the same degree of fear when they think that their neighbors will be from the Caucasus or Central Asia, as well as...
13 мая 2019 г.
The secret gay history of Islam.
In Muslim cultures, homosexuality was once considered the most normal thing in the world – so what changed? Find out the real LGBTI...
13 мая 2019 г.
Intersex woman evicted by landlord after police harassment in Russia.
Police allegedly forced her to strip and examined her genitals. Berlin demonstration against homophobia in Russia. | Photo: Marco Fieber...
13 мая 2019 г.
Russian LGBTIs risk arrest by holding public vigil for gay Holocaust victims.
They held the vigil on Victory Day, one of Russia’s most important holidays. LGBTI activist Petr Voskresenskii holds a vigil for gay...
13 мая 2019 г.
Gay men ‘electrocuted and strung up by legs’ in new wave of torture in Chechnya, says human rights g
Four men who fled conservative region say they were beaten and humiliated for up to 20 days with limited water. Gay men are being...
9 мая 2019 г.
Four victims of ‘gay purge’ in Chechnya reveal the horrific torture they endured.
Warning: This article contains details of torture that some readers may find distressing. Back in 2017, chilling reports of young gay...
9 мая 2019 г.
Horrific evidence emerges of more torture in Chechnya’s gay purge.
Men were suspended upside down while given electric shocks. Graphic new evidence has emerged of the torture of gay men at the hands of...
5 мая 2019 г.
Human rights activists talked about violence and discrimination of LGBT people in the Moscow region.
On April 29, at the Sakharov Center, human rights activists from the Stimul organization presented the results of monitoring violence and...
26 апр. 2019 г.
Chechen Prime Minister banned from entering US due to torture allegations.
Muslim Khuchiev. The US State Department has banned Muslim Khuchiev and his wife Sapiyat Shabazova from entering the country, the head of...
26 апр. 2019 г.
Samara LGBT activists were offered “to hold a rally indoors” so that children would not see them.
Voronezh Lakes Park. Members of the Samara LGBT community tried to coordinate a rally in the Voronezh Lakes Park on the topic of...
23 апр. 2019 г.
The brutally murdered girl in Kursk previously changed sex.
There are details of the shocking murder of a young girl. In social networks, close townspeople reported the details of what happened. A...
20 апр. 2019 г.
On the eve of Pesach in the suburbs set fire to the Jewish Academy.
The arson of the Torat Chayim yeshiva, the Jewish Academy, was performed by unknown persons on Friday in the Moscow region just before...
18 апр. 2019 г.
In St. Petersburg, police detain LGBT activists in the Day of Silence campaign.
In St. Petersburg, on Nevsky Prospect, the Day of Silence campaign is held about silencing LGBT issues. Activist Daniil Maksimenko told...
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