'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

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• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

Do you want to help LGBT Foundatn create a fair and equal society where all lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are able to reach their full potential? If you’re young, we’re here for you; if you’re olr, we’re here for you; if you’re a person of lour, we’re here for you; if you’re a man, a woman, or non-bary, we’re here for you; lbian, gay, bi, trans - however you scribe yourself - we’re here for you.

Suici rat are much higher the gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr muny than the regular populatn. The followg is a list of foundatns/projects that foc on gay equal rights issu:. GLAAD (The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) is loted San Francis, California and New York, New York, allowg for volunteers on both Amerin asts to get volved.

Although AIDS and HIV affects Amerins all over the untry, the statics have affected gay and bisexual men at a higher rate, over 50% of new s.

GMHC (The Gay Men’s Health Crisis) is an anizatn dited to providg AIDS/HIV preventn New York.

As Lda Schlapp explas, “the program is the same, but wh ee time I’ll do thgs like set up chats wh lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr groups or activists, if they exist lolly. For example, if you're terted advotg for the rights of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenred cizens a untry wh a history of vlence towards those of non-heterosexual orientatn, is safe for you to get volved?

In July, about a week after the Kreml phed through nstutnal amendments that clu fg marriage as a unn between a man and woman, Tsvetkova was fed for a send time unr the untry’s notor “gay propaganda” law and forced to pay 75, 000 Rubl ($1000) over her lorful illtratns of same-sex upl and their young children.