In what was the first known se of s kd, Germany granted asylum late last year to a gay Rsian man. RFE/RL's Glenn Kat tak a look at how Rsia's LGBT muny is creasgly seekg sanctuary abroad.
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- GAY TURKMEN DOCTOR WHO VANISHED RETURNS HOME, RENTS
- UNR THREAT RSIA, SOME RSIAN GAYS LOOK TO EUROPE FOR ASYLUM
- 141 DOCTOR AND GAY PATIENT STOCK VIOS, 4K FOOTAGE, & VIO CLIPS
- RNTHIS 'PENIS LIE TECTOR' HELPED DOCTORS NDUCT GAY AVERSN THERAPY
- THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
- INSI THE IRON CLOSET: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY PUT'S RSIA
GAY TURKMEN DOCTOR WHO VANISHED RETURNS HOME, RENTS
It is the latt attack on LGBT rights the untry, after another anti-gay law was extend last year. * russian gay doctor *
"Last December, Rsian Print Vladimir Put signed a law expandg rtrictns on the promotn of "LGBT propaganda", effectively banng gay, lbian and genr-diverse people om any public exprsn of their liftyle. Earlier legislatn has been ed for years to stop gay pri march and ta mt pass three readgs the State Duma lower hoe of parliament before beg sent to the upper hoe and then to Print Vladimir Put for signg.
“This legislatn is the latt a strg of asslts on the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people, this time unr the bric of state-ced transphobia. “First Rsia tried to erase lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr inti om public view, and now they are targetg transgenr people themselv, ” Reid said.
UNR THREAT RSIA, SOME RSIAN GAYS LOOK TO EUROPE FOR ASYLUM
A 24-year-old doctor om Turkmenistan who admted he was gay and went missg on October 24 after obeyg a police summons has reappeared at his home and has rented his ments. * russian gay doctor *
“Rsia should reverse s outrageo policy and ensure rights to inty, fay life, and medil re for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people – startg wh reversg the anti-trans law. A 24-year-old doctor om Turkmenistan who admted he was gay and went missg on October 24 after obeyg a police summons has reappeared at his home and has rented his ments.
He furthermore said that everythg that was reported on him -- he spoke to RFE/RL last month about the problems he faced as a homosexual his untry, where beg gay is a crime -- was false.
Garayev said a farewell vio msage that he sent to RFE/RL which he apologized to his fay for any problems he may have ed them for publicly announcg his homosexualy was rerd for a different purpose. After tailg his tormented life beg gay the nservative untry on October 21, Garayev three days later was lled to a police statn, which is the last time he and his fay were heard om. Gays face prison sentenc of up to 2 years Turkmenistan.
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Yulia Tsvetkova was acquted on charg of distributg gay ‘pornography’ but strict new laws have forced her to leave the untry" name="scriptn * russian gay doctor *
The artist Yulia Tsvetkova spent more than three years fightg a Rsian prosecutors’ mpaign to imprison her on pornography and “gay propaganda” charg for postg body posive femist imag on social media.
Tsvetkova and her mother, Anna Khodyreva, realised they had to leave Rsia immediately after the lg before a sweepg new law was signed on 5 December by Print Vladimir Put banng dissematn of “LGBTQ propaganda” that promot homosexualy the public sphere, via the ter, advertisg, books and film, punishable wh f of up to 10m bl ($158, 000). ”For several days November, before the law took effect, Rsia’s first queer mm operated out of the apartment of Pyotr Voskrensky, a gay doctor St Petersburg, Vladimir Put’s hometown, known also as “the LGBTQ pal of Rsia” and the home of figur who have e to symbolise pre-revolutnary Rsian gay culture cludg Tchaikovsky and the poet Mikhail Kuzm.
Voskrensky displayed ems that he has llected relatg to the gay subculture of the 19th and 20th centuri wh the aim of overturng the ernment narrative that Rsia is prervg “tradnal valu” om rpt Wtern fluence.
RNTHIS 'PENIS LIE TECTOR' HELPED DOCTORS NDUCT GAY AVERSN THERAPY
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He was spired by the “queer terr of the Art Nouve” era of Most Tchaikovsky, the poser’s gay brother, at the Tchaikovsky mm-tate near Mosw.
Voskrensky has been givg tours of LGBTQ Petersburg sce 2014, after the first anti-gay law was passed. In Soviet tim, even though homosexual ntacts were crimalised, Voskrensky says improvised gay weddgs were held ont of the shadow of StalGradually the suatn terrated, says Voskrensky.
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In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.
In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.
INSI THE IRON CLOSET: WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY PUT'S RSIA
In an era where homosexualy was nsired a medil disorr Atralia, a vice dubbed the "penis lie tector" was ed alongsi aversn therapy to "treat" gay men. * russian gay doctor *
“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.
Top Mosw Gay Clubs & Bars: See reviews and photos of Gay Clubs & Bars Mosw, Rsia on Tripadvisor. * russian gay doctor *
“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.
Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.
“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.