Members of Uzbekistan's LGBT muny say they have been driven unrground fear of a vlent backlash after a blogger and some of his supporters were attacked last month followg social media posts llg for gay ralli at Mlim holy s.
Contents:
- GAY LIFE UZBEKISTAN
- ATTACK ON BLOGGER DRIV UZBEK GAY MUNY UNRGROUND
- GAY UZBEKISTAN TODAY
- DANCG BOYS AND GAY ESPAS F--SIèCLE TASHKENT: A SKETCH OM A QUEER HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA
GAY LIFE UZBEKISTAN
Uzbek gay-Узбекские гомосексуалисты * gay uzbek vk *
But the urse of nversatns and terviews ’s bee obv that this crimalisatn is wily ed to blackmail and threaten om prosecutn for their sexual orientatn, gay Uzbek men experience daily harassment om the public at large. The three stori show that spe danger and antagonism towards them, lbians and gay men Uzbekistan are no longer willg to “remake themselv”, as one person scribed . I once told everyone at work about : lleagu asked what I thought about gays and I said: “Well, what n I thk about gays when I’m one myself?
ATTACK ON BLOGGER DRIV UZBEK GAY MUNY UNRGROUND
* gay uzbek vk *
But I wouldn’t want to lk this to my sexual orientatn: I’m agree that people might not want to talk to me if I’m gay.
GAY UZBEKISTAN TODAY
But refg to work bee of that… I thk ’s more a qutn of the whole, ’s not that difficult to be gay Tashkent.
DANCG BOYS AND GAY ESPAS F--SIèCLE TASHKENT: A SKETCH OM A QUEER HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA
If someone don’t unrstand what beg gay means, or they only know the stereotyp, I try to expla that we don’t choose our orientatn and that we n’t change .
We don’t have a separate subculture: you don’t ever fd people meetg up wh iends, bumpg to other gays and hangg out wh people jt bee they’re also gay. It’s also tertg that I’ve enuntered much more homophobia Mosw than Tashkent – I’ve never been lled a “paedo” here or been threatened, whereas Mosw ’s happened que often.