Reactns to the ath of a young gay Armenian uple have led to qutns over the role society plays epeng the isolatn felt by queer people the untry.
Contents:
- GEIA IS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO BE GAY
- CHECHNYA’S ANTI-GAY POGROM
- GEIA: MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MUNY CS REGN
- THE HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY RSIA: OM SOVIET SEX CHANG TO GAY GULAGS
- ACTIVISTS: CHECHEN AUTHORI ORR FAI TO KILL LGBT FAY MEMBERS, ALSO PAY RANSOMS
GEIA IS A TERRIBLE PLACE TO BE GAY
The Hoton LGBTQ+ Polil Cc is dited to elimatg prejudice, vlence, and jtice agast gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people. * caucasus gay *
Across the Cs, strict patriarchal polici, sexism, and homophobia are mon, and many people om the LGBTQ muny risk persecutn if their inty is disvered.
CHECHNYA’S ANTI-GAY POGROM
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted today a rolutn on alleged vlatns of the rights of lbian, gay, bisexua * caucasus gay *
There was an openly gay man and an open lbian woman at our school: but [I always thought about how] that boy was om a nice fay, how he had nothg to lose.
It was my own bra tryg to work out if I was homophobic or not.
GEIA: MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MUNY CS REGN
Geia has sred hight the Cs regn and 22nd Europe the latt review of how lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people experience human rights across the ntent by mpaign group ILGA-Europe. * caucasus gay *
Ultimately, LGBTQ people are leavg the republic, and so did I — gay men have easier northern Rsia. Wh time, has bee clear to me that until I me out to myself, my ternalised homophobia wasn’t gog anywhere, and the world wasn’t gog to bee a better place. I’m openly gay and have been wrg posts on social media about my orientatn sce 2017.
THE HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY RSIA: OM SOVIET SEX CHANG TO GAY GULAGS
Wh Rsia set to host next year’s Wter Olympics, ternatnal attentn is focsed on the untry’s relatnship wh s gay and lbian cizens. * caucasus gay *
As the global LGBT muny marks Pri Month, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people face growg, state-sanctned homophobia and vlence Rsia, activists say.
In s World Report 2023, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted that Rsia has adopted “new, homophobic legislatn and ramped up homophobic…rhetoric.
ACTIVISTS: CHECHEN AUTHORI ORR FAI TO KILL LGBT FAY MEMBERS, ALSO PAY RANSOMS
Mama always knew that I was gay. I nnot image anythg better for a [gay] Chechen than havg your mother stop talkg about marryg you off or curg you and, stead, jt treatg you normally. I realized that a wch hunt agast gays was gog on Chechnya back 2017 om the woman I worked for.
Recently I found my younger brother on a gay datg se.
Turns out he is eher bisexual or gay. If my relativ fd out that two brothers one fay are gay, they will take very badly.