Dmry Kuzm reflects on his experienc as a gay man livg Rsia and Rsia's plited relatnship wh homosexualy.
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ON THE MOSW METRO AND BEG GAY
E., those who, bee of some character weakns, the type of crime they mted (not necsarily homosexualy, for which nvictns were actually rare), or some fatal nfluence of events, were rced to the posn of sexual slav. A cursory review of rears’ ments to news ems scribg how some obscure elected official yet another Rsian regn has h upon the origal ia of banng “propaganda of homosexualy” reveals a near-unanimo rponse, namely “our shty ernment for once has done somethg right. The gay rights movement around the world has promoted a basic ia: we want to show society that we are human begs like everyone else.
It is therefore els to say here: “I’m gay and I have rights. ” What you n say stead is “I’m a well-known wrer and, bis, I’m gay and I have rights.