“Wele to Chechnya” Reveals the Killg of Gay People

Contents:

• GAY MAN IN RSIA APPARENTLY RAPED BY VIGILANT ON VIO
• VIO DEPICTS HORRIFIC ATTACK ON GAY MAN RSIA
• GAY MAN RSIA BEATEN AND RAPED ON CAMERA HORRIFIC VIRAL VIO
• CHECHNYA IS TRYG TO EXTERMATE GAY PEOPLE. OUR SILENCE ONLY EMBOLNS VLADIMIR PUT AND RAMZAN KADYROV.

GAY MAN IN RSIA APPARENTLY RAPED BY VIGILANT ON VIO

A vio pictg a man beg raped wh a bottle has surfaced on social media, what appears to be the latt asslt on Rsia's beleaguered homosexual muny. The seri of short clips, makg the rounds on the mobile-phone applitn WhatsApp show the victim, who seems to be an ethnic Uzbek, beg bullied to nfsg that he is gay.

The Uzbek-speakg source, speakg om Rsia, nfirms that the victim was targeted bee he is gay. He says the man was first taed by a group of Rsian antigay vigilant who lured him to a fake date through a social-workg webse. "Rsian guys ught him and lled to say they had a gay Uzbek, " the self-proclaimed thor of the vio said.

But he nfsed that he was gay. Rampant Homophobia. The asslt, however, tak place agast the backdrop of an aggrsive mpaign directed at members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny Rsia.

VIO DEPICTS HORRIFIC ATTACK ON GAY MAN RSIA

Although Rsia crimalized homosexualy 1993, homophobia is still rampant the untry and attempts to hold Gay Pri paras Mosw have been btally cshed by both police and antigay activists. A new bill propos to take children away om homosexual parents. A vio makg the rounds on social media shows a gay man Rsia beg beaten and raped wh a bottle, by a group of men who wanted him to "repent for his ss, " reports Rad Free Europe/Rad Liberty.

GAY MAN RSIA BEATEN AND RAPED ON CAMERA HORRIFIC VIRAL VIO

This summer, the beatg of a transgenr woman was also ught on tape and wily spread throughout the are not the first tensely homophobic cints that Rsia has seen recent tim, but homophobic vlence has creased terribly sce new laws banng "homosexual propaganda" passed June. LGBT groups say that this new legislatn has bolstered anti-gay activy, which clus "ambhg" spected homosexuals through social media trickery and then submtg them to rerd huiatn and if the acts are not chillg enough, seems as though the vios and clips are released to a vividly supportive dience, often appldg the attacks.

If they are not taed durg protts, mt be bee they are simply too sred to do anythg about the lack of liberty and jtice Rsia that acpany stipulatns the "homosexual propaganda law" which now f 4, 000 to 5, 000 bl (120-150 USD) per dividual and 800, 000-1, 000, 000 bl (24, 000-30, 000 USD) per registered anizatn for even mentng gay a very ser social movement, emerg Rsia will ntue to rank wh other plorably anti-gay stat (i. While Rsia fds self at a rare moment of ternatnal pnce, the ternatnal muny nnot turn a bld eye to the plight of Rsia's LGBT fight homophobia here.

Livg Rsia as a Gay Man. The procs of enterg the gay club Голубая Устрица remd me of a speakeasy om the 1920s.

CHECHNYA IS TRYG TO EXTERMATE GAY PEOPLE. OUR SILENCE ONLY EMBOLNS VLADIMIR PUT AND RAMZAN KADYROV.

My gay club anecdote serv as a metaphor for LGBT (Lbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgenr) life Rsia as a whole. Rsian gays and lbians tackle daily dangers which leave ltle time to take pri their, as the Rsian ernment puts , “non-tradnal liftyle. ” The Rsian homosexual populatn—and even those perceived to be homosexual—do face te dangers, pecially beatgs and ostracizatn.

However, as far as my experience go, livg as a gay man Rsia is no different than livg as a gay man southern Geia. It’s not acceptable to speak about homosexualy mercurial Peachtree Cy, Geia or metropolan St. Livg as a gay man Rsia is much ls of an adjtment than I origally thought.