Gay Life Uzbekistan

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

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?

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. But refg to work bee of that… I thk ’s more a qutn of the whole, ’s not that difficult to be gay Tashkent.

ATTACK ON BLOGGER DRIV UZBEK GAY MUNY UNRGROUND

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.

GAY UZBEKISTAN TODAY

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. As soon as I accepted myself I stopped beg aaid of other people, avoidg them or disguisg my gayns, although I never advertised or tried to show off.

DANCG BOYS AND GAY ESPAS F--SIèCLE TASHKENT: A SKETCH OM A QUEER HISTORY OF CENTRAL ASIA

But, on the other hand, I don’t want to overdo and sre people to thkg that gays have a really hard time our untry.