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)
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
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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. The anizatn says the number of quiri received om gay Rsians seekg U.
GAY COUPLE SERGEI ASTAKHOV AND EVGENY MIRONOV: HOW IT ALL BEGAN
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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. Another group aidg gay Rsian asylum-seekers the Washgton area is the Spectm Human Rights Alliance, found 2011 by Rsian immigrant Larry Poltavtsev. 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.
A FAR-RIGHT RSIAN MP IS HOSTG A GRIM ‘GUS WHO IS GAY’ TV SHOW
One obstacle, he said, is a chilly receptn om many non-gay Rsian immigrants New York. "Amerins don't re if you're gay, but the Rsians here, they still have a problem wh , " he said. The Gayly – November 29, 2014 @ 12:45pm.
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63% of all voters thk that Yevgeny Mironov is gay (homosexual), 38% voted for straight (heterosexual), and 0% like to thk that Yevgeny Mironov is actually bisexual. So mors about Eugene's gay or newspaper "duck" - is unknown.
ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
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Instead, he fac an uncerta future New York Cy as one of sr of gay Rsians seekg asylum the US 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; US ernment agenci that handle applitns do not report such tails.
However, the Department of Homeland Secury’s latt figur show that overall applitns for asylum by Rsians totalled 969 the 2014 fisl year, up 34% om crease is due part to the worseng anti-gay climate Rsia, acrdg to Immigratn Equaly, a New York-based anisatn which provis legal servic for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr anisatn says the number of quiri received om gay Rsians seekg US asylum has risen om 68 2012 to 127 2013 and 161 through 30 October this year.