Receivg photos of mutilated bodi wh the warng "you're next" rattled gay rights activist Nika Toov but when he saw surveillance men outsi his home, he fled Rsia for good.
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'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
“If you’re gay, as long as you hi , as long as you do not speak up … ’s OK, but if you speak up … be a very ser problem, ” Loksha said. “The Rsian ernment is ready to tolerate gay people as long as they’re the closet. Petersburg-based Rsian LGBT Network is known for leadg actns agast the untry’s anti-LGBTQ polici and actns, cludg Chechnya’s anti-gay purge, which started makg natnal headl 2017.
Sce then, at least 140 gay and bisexual Chechen men have been abed and taed the semi-tonomo Rsian regn, acrdg to Human Rights Watch. ”Loksha argued that the su “is not a legal actn, ” rather “a purely iologil actn and a blatant act of homophobic censorship disguised as a legal actn. ” While intifyg as LGBTQ is no longer outlawed Rsia, polici like the 2013 Rsian “gay propaganda” law still stand.