The programme – which 8 men pete to disver which of them is gay – is prented by Valy Milonov, an ultra-homophobic MP who was behd Rsia's famo "gay propaganda" law.
Contents:
- SR OF RSIAN GAYS ARE SEEKG ASYLUM US
- GAY COUPLE SERGEI ASTAKHOV AND EVGENY MIRONOV: HOW IT ALL BEGAN
- GAY RSIANS FACE UNCERTA WA FOR REFUGEE STAT US
- A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
- ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
SR OF RSIAN GAYS ARE SEEKG ASYLUM US
Rsian emigre Andrew Mironov, who is gay, pos for a photo New York. He is one of sr of Rsian gays seekg asylum the Uned Stat due to hostily and harassment their homeland. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) * mironov gay *
Instead, he fac an uncerta future New York Cy as one of sr of Rsian gays seekg asylum the Uned Stat bee of hostily and harassment their homeland. Yet the sacrific have been worth , Mironov says, given the fears that lgered after he was severely beaten by several assailants the lobby of a gay bar his home cy of Samara. There are no firm statistics on the number of gay Rsian asylum seekers; U.
The crease is due part to the worseng anti-gay climate Rsia, acrdg to Immigratn Equaly, a New York-based anizatn which provis legal servic for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr immigrants.
GAY COUPLE SERGEI ASTAKHOV AND EVGENY MIRONOV: HOW IT ALL BEGAN
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The anizatn says the number of quiri received om gay Rsians seekg U. Durg that perd, gay-rights gathergs Rsia were equently targeted by assailants, and the parliament passed a law targetg "gay propaganda" that was wily viewed as a means of terrg gay activism.
Said Mironov of that law, "It helped homophobic people feel the ernment is on their si. Rsia's anti-gay polici and s rerd of anti-gay vlence are factors that uld strengthen an dividual's se. Aaron Morris, Immigratn Equaly's legal director, said most of the recent asylum quiri me om gay men their 20s and 30s who had been targeted by anti-gay attacks, while only a handful have e om gays or lbians raisg children.
GAY RSIANS FACE UNCERTA WA FOR REFUGEE STAT US
Ci, programs have been lnched to assist gay asylum seekers om Rsia and elsewhere as they awa procsg of their applitns, which n take six months or more.
A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
Another group aidg gay Rsian asylum-seekers the Washgton area is the Spectm Human Rights Alliance, found 2011 by Rsian immigrant Larry Poltavtsev.
ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
Meanwhile, they've been provid wh lodgg by a gay uple a Washgton suburb and took a step October that would have been impossible Rsia — they got married.
One obstacle, he said, is a chilly receptn om many non-gay Rsian immigrants New York.