Wh Rsia set to host next year’s Wter Olympics, ternatnal attentn is focsed on the untry’s relatnship wh s gay and lbian cizens.
Contents:
- THE HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY RSIA: OM SOVIET SEX CHANG TO GAY GULAGS
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
THE HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY RSIA: OM SOVIET SEX CHANG TO GAY GULAGS
Members of a gay rights group at a prott St Petersburg, Rsia 2008.
()In morn Rsia, legislatn is pendg that would allow thori to take children away om gay parents. Already, promotg a homosexual liftyle is illegal.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Homosexualy was crimalised Rsia after the fall of the Soviet Unn, but gay and lbian cizens say they are beg subjected to a 'classic hate mpaign', backed up by hardle legal reforms.
Earlier this year, the Rsian parliament passed legislatn makg illegal to promote a homosexual liftyle to mors. A new law has now been drafted that would allow Rsian thori to take children away om homosexual parents.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Experts say the untry has a troubled history when to s treatment of homosexualy Healey is Profsor of Morn Rsian History at the Universy of Oxford and the thor of Homosexual Dire Revolutnary Rsia.