Rsia troduced punishment for sodomy the early 18th century, banng same-sex relatnships among soldiers and sailors. Unr Nicholas I, sodomy between any men beme illegal, and around the mid-19th century the ernment started exilg perpetrators to Siberia. Begng 1900, gay men uld be arrted and imprisoned for several years. The number of sodomy nvictns spiked after 1905 (mostly outsi Mosw and St. Petersburg). In other words, the early 20th century, was effectively impossible for men Rsia to say openly that they were gay or to be volved openly wh another man sexually. Many men at the time tried to overe this “vice,” turng to psychiatrists for help. While llectg documents at the Central State Historil Archive St. Petersburg, fashn and cultural historian Olga Khoroshilova recently unvered a letter wrten by a petty officer to a psychiatrist, apparently 1921. In the letter, a World War I veteran scrib his attractn to men, his exhstn om livg a “strange life,” and his sire to die on the battlefield. Mza publish a translatn of the letter, and mentary om Khoroshilova about how she intified the text’s thor.
Contents:
- THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
- GAY WAR VETERAN SPEAKS OUT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS UKRAE'S ARY
- RSIAN SOLDIERS ACCED OF TARGETED ANTI-GAY ATTACKS UKRAE
- 'GAY TATTOO' CHECK FOR RSIAN ARY RECS KREML'S LATT CLAMPDOWN ON HOMOSEXUALY
- 1917 RSIAN REVOLUTN: THE GAY MUNY'S BRIEF WDOW OF EEDOM
- IN RSIA, GAY PEOPLE ARE ROUTELY TARGETED. THAT’S WHY THIS UKRAIAN SOLDIER IS FIGHTG.
- BEG GAY REVOLUTNARY RSIA A WWI VETERAN'S LETTER TO A PSYCHIATRIST ASKG TO BE CURED OF HIS ‘TERRIBLE VICE’
THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
Viktor Pylypenko has bee a role mol for dozens of LGBT+ Ukraian war veterans and their supporters sce he anised their participatn two years ago Kyiv's largt ever gay pri march. * russian soldier gay *
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”Remarkably for a film wh such overtly gay ntent, several exterr scen were filmed Mosw.
“After that, ” adds Prr, “there was a plat about beg ‘homosexual propaganda’.
GAY WAR VETERAN SPEAKS OUT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS UKRAE'S ARY
Legislatn beg phed by the Kreml and the Rsian Orthodox Church would clu a ban on holdg public events (such as the one pictured) that promote gay rights. * russian soldier gay *
Pylypenko me out publicly as gay 2018 and -found a non-ernmental anisatn that supports... Read moreSummaryKyiv holds annual gay pri march on SundayGay war veteran mpaigns agast homophobia UkraeHop a more acceptg ary n help change attusKYIV, Sept 17 (Rters) - Viktor Pylypenko has bee a role mol for dozens of LGBT+ Ukraian war veterans and their supporters sce he anised their participatn two years ago Kyiv's largt ever gay pri march.
He me out as gay 2018. As a gay man, I was very sensive to this, " he said. Parliament outlawed workplace discrimatn 2015, though homophobic attus rema fairly pri march regularly attract unter-protts by far-right and relig activists.
RSIAN SOLDIERS ACCED OF TARGETED ANTI-GAY ATTACKS UKRAE
Guil are beg issued to the Rsian army to check soldiers for timate tattoos, but a ary source ni gay men are beg targeted. * russian soldier gay *
Pylypenko said his dream was for armed forc divisns to take part gay pri march "as alli and to enjoy the fact that they live a veloped untry wh human rights equaly where they are not ashamed of the topic of homosexualy but support and openly raise rabow flags".
Invadg Rsian soldiers have been acced of targeted anti-gay attacks agast Ukraians, cludg sexual vlence, rape, imprisonment, asslt, theft and attempted murr, openDemocracy n the war began, Ukraian LGBT human rights anisatn Nash Sv (Our World) has been speakg to victims to document the human rights vlatns by Rsian the ten s intified by Nash Sv, and exclively shared wh openDemocracy, eight are believed to have occurred the Kherson regn, which was the only regnal pal ptured by Rsian forc.
'GAY TATTOO' CHECK FOR RSIAN ARY RECS KREML'S LATT CLAMPDOWN ON HOMOSEXUALY
Rsian tolerance of the gay muny was briefly terpted unr the Bolsheviks. * russian soldier gay *
But when soldiers went through msag on Alexanr’s phone, they realised he was gay. After fdg a gay porn vio on Ilya's phone, the soldiers began punchg both men, leavg visible bis on their hands and shoulrs.
Homophobic sults were also levelled at the pair, wh the soldiers askg: "Are you a uple? Gays or real men? As they drove away, the soldiers shot at them, wh bullets beg left the had not known Ilya was gay before the solirs outed him, and he reacted badly.
1917 RSIAN REVOLUTN: THE GAY MUNY'S BRIEF WDOW OF EEDOM
” The suatn lated quickly, wh the ary occupiers threateng to rape Volodymyr to teach him a lson, as well as threateng to hand him over to the Chechens, an apparent reference to the anti-gay laws of the Chechen men began to forcibly undrs Volodymyr, but another Rsian patrol group passg by tervened.
Dutch MPs have lled for a special tribunal for Put and his associat The have been prev allegatns of the Rsian state and s actors targetg people on the basis of their sexual orientatn, such as the reported anti-gay purg the Chechen Republic, a part of the Rsian Feratn, 2017. A Council of Europe report to anti-LGBTIQ crim scribed the state-sponsored attacks the regn as “the sgle most egreg example of vlence agast LGBTIQ people Europe that has occurred s” suatn for members of the LGBTIQ muny livg Rsia shows ltle sign of improvg, wh a so-lled ban on “gay propaganda” beg extend to all adults, buildg on a 2013 law that mak sharg rmatn about beg LGBT to children a crimal offence. Conscripts and ntract soldiers to be given a thorough examatn Special attentn to tattoos near the face, sexual ans and buttocks But many officers have already rejected the 'impractil' guil Com amid recent backlash agast homosexualy and Wtern valuAlmost a third of Rsians thk homosexualy is rult of 'a sickns' Published: 13:48 BST, 24 January 2013 | Updated: 15:19 BST, 24 January 2013 Rsian ary recs are to be checked for certa typ of tattoo which thori believe uld reveal signs of homosexualy unr new technil guil issued om the Kreml.
IN RSIA, GAY PEOPLE ARE ROUTELY TARGETED. THAT’S WHY THIS UKRAIAN SOLDIER IS FIGHTG.
Tattoo checks: Recs jog the Rsian ary are to be examed for any timate tattoos which uld reveal homosexualy unr new guil issued by the Kreml Checkups: Recs show doctors their tongu, durg a medil examatn the Siberian cy of Kemerovo The text reads: 'The reason for gettg tattoos uld dite a low cultural or tnal level. Kreml: Many wh the Rsian ernment are agast the promotn of homosexualy and wtern valu Officers are advised to chat wh nscripts about their sexual experience and nduct. '" While the Rsian ary holds tradnal views on sexualy, a UN report om 2007 stated homosexualy and male prostutn is mon wh the UN Internatnal Panel for Stggle agast Sexual Exploatn found that some soldiers voluntarily offer their servic while others are forced to prostutn.
The battaln chief assistant add: 'I had one gay ntract soldier who joed jt to fd more partners for himself. 'The move is the latt a seri of proposed clampdowns on homosexualy cludg new legislatn which aims to promote tradnal the terms of a bill that up for a first vote later this month, a public kiss between two men uld be fed as illegal 'homosexual propaganda' and brg a fe of up to £10, 000 The legislatn beg phed by the Kreml and the Rsian Orthodox Church would make illegal to tell mors rmatn that is fed as ‘propaganda of sodomy, lbianism, bisexualy and transgenrism. ’ It also clus a ban on holdg public events that promote gay rights.
BEG GAY REVOLUTNARY RSIA A WWI VETERAN'S LETTER TO A PSYCHIATRIST ASKG TO BE CURED OF HIS ‘TERRIBLE VICE’
The Orthodox Church Rsia has mand a natnal referendum on crimalisg gay relatnships a move certa to epen nflict wh the Wt.
Picuttured: Officers ta gay right activists durg a prott Mosw The bill is part of an effort to promote tradnal Rsian valu as opposed to Wtern liberalism, which the Kreml and church see as rptg Rsian youth and ntributg to a wave of prott agast Print Vladimir Put's le, Fox News laws that the Kreml says are tend to protect young Rsians have been adopted recent months, cludg some that allow banng and blockg web ntent and prt publitns that are emed ‘extremist’ or unf for young Volkov, a soclogist wh the Levada Center, an pennt pollster, says the anti-gay bill fs the ‘general logic’ of a ernment tent on limg var this se, the move has been met mostly wh eher difference or open enthiasm by average Rsians. Prott: Rsian police officers ta a gay rights activist durg an attempt to hold a gay pri para Mosw May 2012 Levada polls nducted last year show that almost two thirds of Rsians fd homosexualy ‘morally unacceptable and worth nmng. ’ About half are agast gay ralli and same-sex marriage; almost a third thk homosexualy is the rult of ‘a sickns or a psychologil trma, ’ the Levada surveys show.