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Two gay men seized near Mosw this week and sent back to their native Chechnya, a regn acced of btal persecutn agast homosexualy, face "mortal danger," a rights group said Saturday.

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THOMAS JACKSON GAY OBUARY

Fd the obuary of Thomas Jackson “Tj” Gay (1927 - 2020) om Babridge, GA. Leave your ndolenc to the fay on this memorial page or send flowers to show you re. * tj gay obituary *

Thomas Jackson “Tj” Gay. It is wh great sadns that we announce the ath of Thomas Jackson Gay (Babridge, Geia), born Tifton, Geia, who passed away on May 4, 2020, at the age of 92, leavg to mourn fay and iends. Fay and iends are wele to leave their ndolenc on this memorial page and share them wh the was preceased by: his parents, Andrew Jackson Gay and Mattie Ethel Alexanr Gay; his former wife Marjorie Harrison Gay; and his siblgs, Hazel Carlton, Virgia Love, Cecil Lee Gay and Jackie Earl is survived by: his wife Doris Spears Gay of Attapulg; his children, Thomas Earl Gay (Mari) of Cleburne and Larry Dale Gay (Rhonda) of Babridge, Geia; his brother Bobby Lee Gay (Sue Ann) of Branton, Florida; and his grandchildren, Shannun Marie Gay Corb of Cleburne, Tara Leigh Gay Meredh (John) of Thomasville and Tawna Nia Gay Sat.

Thomas Jackson (TJ) Gay, 92, passed away Monday, May 4, 2020.

Thomas Jackson Gay was born December 5, 1927 Tifton, Geia. His parents, Andrew Jackson Gay and Mattie Ethel Alexanr Gay, have preced him ath.

T. J. GAY

Historians don&#39;t doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will.&nbsp;Well, sorry Rsia, but&nbsp;Tchaikovsky &mdash; along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins &mdash; were gay. * tj gay obituary *

Gay was a talented rpenter and builr. TJ Gay will be eply missed by his fay and many, many iends.

TJ Gay is survived by his wife, Doris Spears Gay of Attapulg; children, Thomas Earl Gay and wife, Mari of Cleburne, Texas and Larry Dale Gay and wife, Rhonda of Babridge, Geia; brother, Bobby Lee Gay and wife, Sue Ann of Branton, Florida; grandchildren, Shannun Marie Gay Corb of Cleburne, Texas, Tara Leigh Gay Meredh and hband, John of Thomasville, Geia, Tawna Nia Gay Sat-vil and hband, Jefey of Ft. He was preced ath by wife, Marjorie Harrison Gay, and siblgs, Hazel Carlton, Virgia Love, Cecil Lee Gay, and Jackie Earl Gay.

Life Story / ObuaryMemoriGutbookPoetry & Eulogi// Obuary PrtGAY - T. Gay, age 28, passed away unexpectedly on May 3, 2010 Ormond Beach Florida. He will be eply missed by his son, Jason Gay, his mother and father, Elane Gay, Terry (Brenda) Gay; brothers and sisters, Nathan, Ryan, and Leah Gay and Eri and Ricky Earl; his girliend, Taylor Sarro; and many nts, uncl, s, and iends.

SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY

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The realy is that far om gettg “addnal” rights, lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people Rsia still stggle to enjoy the same fundamental protectn as everyone else. A stark example of this me three days after Tolstoi’s remarks, when a Mosw jury acquted someone who killed a gay man.

On June 29, 47-year-old Roman Edalov and his partner Evgeny Efimov were wag for a b the cy center, when a dnk man attacked them, screamg homophobic obsceni and punchg them, before he fled. Historians don't doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will.

Historians don't doubt that Peter Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will. Yuri Arabov told a Rsian newspaper that his adaptatn of the 19th century poser's life won't foc on his sexualy bee “ is far om a fact that Tchaikovsky was a homosexual, " The New York Tim also said that films that "advertise" homosexualy are "outsi the sphere of art, " and that only "philist" thk the poser was gay.

GAY MARRIED UPLE FLEE RSIA AFTER RECEIVG ATH THREATS

Fd the obuary of Beverly Gay Bronston (1934 - 2023) om Sprgfield, OH. Leave your ndolenc to the fay on this memorial page or send flowers to show you re. * tj gay obituary *

In light of Rsia's recent anti-gay legislatn, this uld be seen as another effort to erase the untry's gay history.

2 GAY MEN RETURNED TO CHECHNYA FACE 'MORTAL DANGER': RIGHTS GROUP

Well, sorry Rsia, but Tchaikovsky — along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins — were gay, as many scholars would readily Tchaikovsky (poser)Tchaikovsky posed two of the most qutsentially Rsian ballets — Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. Harry wr (emphasis add): The history of Tchaikovsky's homosexualy was supprsed Rsia by the Soviets, and has only recently bee wily known post-Soviet Rsia. Tchaikovsky's letters and diari, as well as the letters of his brother Most, who was also gay, make clear his orientatn.

BEVERLY GAY BRONSTON OBUARY

] Many of Tchaikovsky's most timate relatnships were homosexual: Tchaikovsky's servant Aleksey Soonov and his nephew, Vladimir “Bob” Davydov. Gay thor E.

FARRELL COLE "DUTCH" GAY

For stance, Wiley pots out that Tchaikovsky was openly gay all his life, to the pot that he femised the nam of the young men he nsorted wh, and ed his own – signg a letter to his brother (who was also gay) "Petrola". Nikolai Gogol (thor)The 19th century novelist, bt known for Dead Souls and his short stori, was also homosexual.

The Sexual Labyrth of Nikolai Gogol, by fellow gay Rsian Simon Karlsky, argued that evince of Gogol's homosexualy uld be found his works. In her review of the book for The New York Review of Books, Helen Muchnic laid out Karlsky's argument this way: His this, brief outle, is that Gogol, unable to be himself a world where homosexualy was proscribed, ncealed his clatns, attempted to supprs his emotns, projected his secretivens unnscly the ceptns, mystifitns, and symbols of his stori and plays, and ultimately broke down unr the stra, g his art and stroyg himself. Here's an excerpt om her 1924 poem "Dreams": Only dreams, wh a broken off moan, so as not to die her sleep, on such a mellifluo wave, above this sky-blue drowng, her whole cht heavg eely wh breath, my soul is published several llectns of poems until censorship unr the Soviet ernment emed her works "unlawful" Nabokov (brother of Vladimir Nabokov)Vladimir Nabokov, bt known for his 1955 novel Lola, was a known homophobe.

Y as Lev Grossman explaed this 2000 piece for Salon, his brother was a known homosexual. Grossman wrote: Sergei’s homosexualy would st a long shadow over his strange and heroic life, and would also, ultimately, be the e of his horrifyg and untimely ath.

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2 Gay Men Returned to Chechnya Face 'Mortal Danger': Rights Group - The Mosw Tim .

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