'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• THE 5 BEST CENTRAL RSIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CENTRAL RSIA
• RSIA'S LARGT GAY CLUB SHUTS DOWN
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• GAY RSIA
• FORMER OWNER OF MOSW GAY CLUB BRGS BK'S RSIAN-SPEAKG QUEER COMMUNY TOGETHER
• GUNMEN OPEN FIRE AT MOSW GAY NIGHTCLUB
• GANG ATTACK BLAMED ON RSIA'S BAN ON 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
• BOYZ CLUBTHE BIGGT GAY NIGHTCLUB MOSW.MOSWMENUBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPRSIA INXBOYZ CLUB
• MOSW GAY MAP

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Good lotn: cy centre, another gay club (911) the nearby area and a gay iendly hostel next to stay (Inga Hotels). After endurg months of homophobic attacks, cludg gunfire and toxic gas, Rsia's largt gay nightclub, Central Statn, has fally closed s doors for club management surrenred to a spate of harassment late Febary, after a group of men allegedly blocked the ont gat, preventg patrons om enterg the buildg safely, acrdg to staff members who were on the scene. "Nightle" traveled to Rsia amid evince of latg vlence agast the LGBT muny there followg the passage the Kreml's ntroversial "anti-gay propaganda" report revealed a number of anti-gay attacks that had spread fear among young patrons and staff, forcg several to flee the untry for safety, while clgg to their hope for a better life outsi of Rsia where gay people are more Part 1 and Part 2 of our "Nightle" performers, who for years famoly l up the stage at Central Statn, exprsed ep sadns about the club's mise.

And they mt protect , " he a untry where homosexualy is wily looked down upon, he said, "'s very important to fd iends, to spend your ee time, to enjoy your life -- we would like to have plac where we n feel safe and be open. "If the ernment is agast gays, how n gays get the ernment's help? "They're allowed to do wh gays whatever they want Rsia.

"A bad sign was sent when the anti-gay law was passed, " he said. "But not everyone is givg up on gay life Rsia.

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

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THE 5 BEST CENTRAL RSIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CENTRAL RSIA

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We remend checkg the venue's webs for the latt Gay BarsDpe the challeng faced by the LGBT muny, Mosw's gay nightlife ntu to thrive behd closed doors. There are several gay bars and venu that regular hosts gay 's On TodayWhat's On TomorrowBook A Travel Gay Approved HotelAbout RsiaHomosexual activyLegalJanuary 1, 1993Same-sex marriageNot legalDecember 29, 1995LGBT discrimatnIllegal some ntextsJanuary 1, 1993Equal age of nsentEqualJanuary 1, 1997News & FeaturFeatured Venu.

RSIA'S LARGT GAY CLUB SHUTS DOWN

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As the owner of a gay club Mosw, Allenby had been the subject of csant threats. "I tried to get jtice, but the police and prosecutors refed to vtigate the attack on me bee I am the owner of a gay club, " he said. While gay tablishments do operate Mosw, Allenby said, if the owners do not operate wh the thori, venu are quickly shut down.

For the past three years he has also been dog parti for the Rsian-speakg LGBT muny some of the bt gay clubs the cy. In the vios the men rryg out the attack n be heard shoutg “We warned you, this is only the begng, ” and, “We will not allow the promotn of homosexualy the land of God.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

Rasha Youn, a senr rearcher for Human Rights Watch’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Rights Program reported:.

In recent weeks, Lebanon’s polil and relig lears have tensified their mpaign agast the LGBTQ muny, wh the head of a proment polil party llg for LGBTQ people to be killed, the culture mister attemptg to ban the movie “Barbie” on grounds that ‘ntradicted morals and valu’ and requtg that the media e the term “sexual perversn” to scribe homosexualy, and the tn mister banng a board game schools bee picted a rabow.

GAY RSIA

Several speakers remarked upon the legacy of out gay activist and lear Bayard Rt, the archect of the origal 1963 March on Washgton for Jobs and Freedom. “Bayard Rt was the lead anizer for the first March on Washgton and he led proudly and loudly as an out gay Black man, y’all.

FORMER OWNER OF MOSW GAY CLUB BRGS BK'S RSIAN-SPEAKG QUEER COMMUNY TOGETHER

And I say that bee the tth is that lbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people: We are here today and we have always been here. Brazilian Supreme Court l homophobia punishable by prison. Brazil's Supreme Feral Court has led homophobia is now punishable wh up to five years prison.

The Brazilian Supreme Feral Court this week led homophobia now punishable wh up to five years prison.

Their cisn equat homophobia to racism terms of prison time. The Supreme Feral Court 2019 crimalized homophobia and transphobia.

GUNMEN OPEN FIRE AT MOSW GAY NIGHTCLUB

The Brazilian Associatn of Gays, Lbians, Bisexuals, Travtis, Transsexuals and Intersex People petned for addnal protectns and penalti. Bolsonaro, among other thgs, enuraged fathers to beat their sons if they e out as gay and claimed people who are vaccated agast COVID-19 are at creased risk for AIDS. Alyona Korolyova thought she had seen everythg – the liftg of Rsia's ban on homosexualy after the Soviet Unn fell, the slow appearance of mastream gay clubs, and even, once, a young gay uple on a TV last week, Korolyova, 48, was forced to stand prsed agast the wall of a gay-iendly club and watch as a group of burly men, their fac hidn wh surgil masks, repeatedly kicked her girliend the head as part of an anised attack.

"The attack on 7eedays, a club central Mosw, has heightened fears among gay rights activists that new laws targetg "homosexual propaganda" ci around Rsia have created an atmosphere where discrimatn – and vlence – agast gay people is now tolerated. Gay pri march are regularly banned Rsia and this summer, Mosw's hight urt banned gay pri paras the pal for 100 Rsian regns have banned so-lled "homosexual propaganda" the past year – Arkhangelsk, Ryazan, Kostroma, Magadan, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Bashkortostan and, most ntroversially, St Petersburg, Rsia's send cy and s cultural pal.

GANG ATTACK BLAMED ON RSIA'S BAN ON 'GAY PROPAGANDA'

A bill on a natnal ban has been submted to the Duma, the Rsian Kochatkev, the head of LGBT Network, a St Petersburg-based gay rights advocy, said: "Of urse there is a lk – we see that whenever such laws on propaganda are adopted, or even discsed, then the activism of vlent groups creas. "The day after the law was adopted St Petersburg March, a group of men attacked one of s most popular gay clubs, Malevich. Siar attacks were rerd the cy May and June, acrdg to LGBT attack on 7eedays me a day after People's Council, a natnalist group, lled on thori Mosw to ban "homosexual propaganda" Kass, a member of the group, nied any lk to the attack.

BOYZ CLUBTHE BIGGT GAY NIGHTCLUB MOSW.MOSWMENUBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPRSIA INXBOYZ CLUB

" He acced LGBT activists of anisg the attack themselv to raise their said People's Council, an anti-immigrant pro-church group, worked wh "iendly puti" to ph for the passage of anti-gay laws.

One such puty is Valy Milonov, an outspoken and relig MP the St Petersburg legislature who has bee the face of Rsia's anti-gay has supported chargg Madonna wh promotg "homosexual propaganda" after an Augt ncert St Petersburg where she spoke out support of gay rights.

"Homosexualy is a sickns. A poll taken July found 32% of Rsians saw homosexualy as "a sickns or the rult of a psychologil trma" – 43% saw as "bchery or a bad hab".

MOSW GAY MAP

Milonov plays to those views, while phg for the terts of Rsia's Orthodox is no wonr gay rights activists feel threatened. BoyZ ClubPereyaslavskaya Bolshaya 46, Mosw, Rsia, 129110The biggt gay nightclub Mosw, om the same management of Central Statn MSK and VODA Spa.

8Audience RatgBased on 46 vot2017 Audience Awards4 Star WnerReportAuthentic Experience the heart of gay MoswVised BoyZ for the first time wh my iend Patrick uple of month ago and we loved so much we went there for three weeks straight after wh our transfenr iends.

Don't tst what they say about gays Rsia media - e and vis our wonrful atmosphereGreat atmosphere. Comments / Reviews are the subjective opn of Travel Gay ers, not of Travel Gay.