Siberia's Alexanr Mikhailov urg gays to be dragged om streets and whipped public square by troops.
Contents:
- FOR GAY MIGRANTS, CISG SPOTS AREN’T JT SHADOWS AND SHAME
- ‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS
- ‘I FEEL GAY.’ FIFA BOSS BLASTS HYPOCRISY OF WTERN NATNS STARTLG TIRA
FOR GAY MIGRANTS, CISG SPOTS AREN’T JT SHADOWS AND SHAME
Largely abandoned by middle-class gays, urban parks rema an important refuge for gay migrants an otherwise hostile cy. * gay migrant workers *
In the dark, tightly packed urban villag of a South Cha dtrial zone, Garn Park is an oasis for ral migrant gay men like Meilan.
‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS
FIFA print Gianni Infanto livered a startlg pre-World Cup speech, sayg "I feel gay ... I feel like a migrant worker." * gay migrant workers *
Around one hundred gay men — many of them migrant workers who lived nearby — were stg on the handrails of a rock bridge, lookg down at the artificial lake below; some had brought tradnal moonk and other snacks to share wh iends the moonlight. Soon, Meilan joed the gay muny members that ngregated the park. At s peak, this muny nsisted of hundreds of queer men, most of them ral-to-urban migrants livg nearby, but also some accintal visors or people who had heard about the park om other gay men or on social media.
‘I FEEL GAY.’ FIFA BOSS BLASTS HYPOCRISY OF WTERN NATNS STARTLG TIRA
Prr to the late 1990s, when male homosexualy was still crimalized and classified as a mental illns Cha, cisg spac — known as “spots, ” “fishg grounds, ” or “floatg grounds” — were important settgs for urban gay men to meet and get to know each other through agreed-upon s that would not publicly reveal one’s sexualy. But over the past few s, as smopolan nsumer spac and gay bars have sprouted up across urban areas, the act of cisg public parks has shifted om beg a shared secret to an outdated practice — one that embodi the shame and danger associated wh homosexualy earlier eras. The rultg emergence of a nsumptn-based gay inty has promoted gay visibily and improved public perceptn of the gay muny.