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Contents:
- MEET THE GAY RSIAN TEENAGER USG TWTER TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA
- THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
- WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?
MEET THE GAY RSIAN TEENAGER USG TWTER TO COMBAT HOMOPHOBIA
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THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
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In his seven years as a gay activist, Maysky has never seen Rsian-speakg LGBTQ+ immigrants g to California such great numbers. Petersburg who left Rsia after his parents threatened to sue his therapist who backed him receivg hormone therapy; and Ivan, 18, who is gay, half Rsian and half Ukraian, and “didn’t want to kill people.
Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia’s anti-gay laws.
WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?
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Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia due to anti-gay laws.