A gay Rsian man me forward publicly and acced thori Chechnya of jailg and beatg him as part of a broad crackdown on LGBTQ people.
Contents:
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
- GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW
- 'I WANT JTICE': VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S 'HUNT FOR GAYS' COM FORWARD
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists. * gay russian man *
Chechen lear: 'We don't have any gays'. A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists. Maxim Pankratov told CNN he was facg threats and a potentially lengthy prison sentence for appearg the vio discsg his life as an openly gay man Rsia.
GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW
The procs of enterg the gay club Голубая Устрица remd me of a speakeasy om the 1920s. The bar is shroud secrecy and anonymy, but stead of beg filled wh roarg revelers, the atmospheric vibe was nothg short of prsg. Those who wish to party secure a... * gay russian man *
The vio, origally posted on the Rsian-language “Real Talk” YouTube channel, featured four children terviewg Pankratov, 22, about his life and his inty as a gay man. The format of the vio is simple: Pankratov and his terviewers face each other chairs agast a blue background, and the children ask simple qutns: “How did you know you were gay? “It was about what ’s like to be a gay man Rsia and how I live.
Rsia has a rerd of official hostily toward gay rights. ” The law – which prohibs public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children may be prent – has drawn wispread ternatnal nmnatn.
In 2017, a European urt led that the law was discrimatory, promoted homophobia and vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights. Rsian thori have barred and broken up gay-pri march. In the Rsian republic of Chechnya, for stance, wns and victims me forward to make public allegatns of mass arrts and torture of gay men.
'I WANT JTICE': VICTIM OF CHECHNYA'S 'HUNT FOR GAYS' COM FORWARD
“This se is a particularly disturbg example of thori g Rsia’s ‘gay propaganda’ law as a tool for discrimatn and timidatn, ” said Kyle Knight, senr LGBT rights rearcher at the advocy group Human Rights Watch. “The pernicns of the ‘gay propaganda’ law apparently knows no boundari.
Livg Rsia as a Gay Man.