Mary Schmich: One day this sprg, Artem Kolov set up a vio mera the Chigo townhoe where he liv, sat down a chair and started talkg to the young gay people of Rsia.
Contents:
- AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY, A RSIAN VLIST'S NEW REALY
- HOW I TOLD RSIA I WAS GAY
- GAY HAREM
- IN CHIGO, GAY RSIAN VLIST FDS EEDOM, FAY
- ARTEM KAL, RSIAN GAY ACTIVIST, BEATEN BY LOL NEO-NAZI ON CAMERA (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
- AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY, A RSIAN VLIST'S NEW REALY
AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY, A RSIAN VLIST'S NEW REALY
Though Artem Kolov, a Rsian vlist, realized he was gay at age five, took him another 18 years before he me out to his fay, iends and, ultimately, the world. * gay artem *
I knew I was gay — and even though Ukrae is tryg to be tolerant to LGBTQ people, was far om a fortable place to build a life for me. I had a gay landlord, and after seeg how he n live eely the USA, I was really shocked.
Met a lot of xenophobia at some of them, burecracy immigratn, and homophobia om some Rsian and Ukraian people who lived the USA already. Remember, I was gay. Gay, and still closet.
HOW I TOLD RSIA I WAS GAY
Play GAY HAREM right now : a super hot ee onle game for adults only?. Don't wa any longer and play right now ?. * gay artem *
That didn’t work out well, bis one thg: I fally started to accept the gay si of me. The two Holy Grail’s of mic llid a ffee shop through fate and Belda’s son, and out of that sty, both wild hearts created liquid mathematics and perfumed smoke…and a gay anthem bis.
GAY HAREM
* gay artem *
And by the way, the song “Big Big Love”, I want that to be a gay anthem. A 23-year-old, Rsian-born vlist named Artem Kolov is pturg ternatnal attentn after postg a YouTube vio which he out as gay. "In my fay, " Kolov says his vio, "I often heard that all gays should be stroyed, that they should be bombed, and that if anyone our fay turns out to be gay, my fay should kill them wh their bare hands.
Growg up, he says, "I never heard anythg good about gay people.
IN CHIGO, GAY RSIAN VLIST FDS EEDOM, FAY
All I knew was that gays are the people who everyone should hate. I was sred bee I knew that I was gay. It seemed that I was the only gay person Rsia.
"They are ashamed to have a gay son and brother, " he says. Intertg that my fay is proud of me for beg a vlist, and is so ashamed of me for beg gay, though both of the are parts of my inty. He has received many posive msag om iends and strangers alike, but he said that he is aaid of beg arrted if he returns to Rsia, unr enforcement of a vaguely word but broad "anti-gay propaganda" law.
ARTEM KAL, RSIAN GAY ACTIVIST, BEATEN BY LOL NEO-NAZI ON CAMERA (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Earlier this month, there were reports that more than 100 gay men Chechnya were arrted and tortured, wh some of them reportedly killed by police. Cozy apartments, private rooms and amazg hom: be weled by the gay muny over 200 untri.
AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY, A RSIAN VLIST'S NEW REALY
Apartments, rooms, hom: be weled by the gay muny. Beg gay Rsia: 'You never talk about '.
At age 5, Artem Kolov, the son of two Rsian pastors livg outsi Mosw, realized he was gay. As the son of two Rsian Pentestal pastors Maloyaroslavetz, a small town an hour outsi Mosw, I grew up believg beg gay was an abomatn – a s that guaranteed me a one-way ticket to hell. For as far back as I n remember, I’d s church and listen as my father and other elrs of my church preached homophobia to their loyal ngregants.