Viktor Pylypenko has bee a role mol for dozens of LGBT+ Ukraian war veterans and their supporters sce he anised their participatn two years ago Kyiv's largt ever gay pri march.
Contents:
- THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
- 'GAY TATTOO' CHECK FOR RSIAN ARY RECS KREML'S LATT CLAMPDOWN ON HOMOSEXUALY
- GAY WAR VETERAN SPEAKS OUT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS UKRAE'S ARY
- VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY
THE FILM PUT DON’T WANT THE WORLD TO SEE: FIREBIRD, A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT FIGHTER PILOTS
The telligence agenci of 5 untri, clud Bra helped to monor the Rsian vasn of Ukrae by trackg the soldiers' e of social workg s, cludg the gay datg app Grdr. In this vio, fd out how Bra and other 4 untri spied on Rsian army. * gay russian soldiers videos *
“Beg gay was a crimal offence. ” Rebane knew he was gay at the age of ne. ”Remarkably for a film wh such overtly gay ntent, several exterr scen were filmed Mosw.
“After that, ” adds Prr, “there was a plat about beg ‘homosexual propaganda’. Wh a day of s publitn, the Natnal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced would open an vtigatn to “this ugly se” prsure om the regnal ernor, the rector of the Ulyanovsk Instute of Civil Aviatn, Sergei Krasnov, likened the ts’ suatn to Psy such an “unfivable” disgrace to veterans, he said, they uld be expelled, perhaps, even, tried unr Rsia’s ntroversial anti-homosexual laws. The untry as a whole has a reputatn of profound homophobia.
'GAY TATTOO' CHECK FOR RSIAN ARY RECS KREML'S LATT CLAMPDOWN ON HOMOSEXUALY
Legislatn beg phed by the Kreml and the Rsian Orthodox Church would clu a ban on holdg public events (such as the one pictured) that promote gay rights. * gay russian soldiers videos *
Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water. "Lbian, gay, and bisexual ary personnel had been servg our untry for s whout receivg equal protectn, while transgenr troops are still prohibed om servg openly.
"As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy. Conscripts and ntract soldiers to be given a thorough examatn Special attentn to tattoos near the face, sexual ans and buttocks But many officers have already rejected the 'impractil' guil Com amid recent backlash agast homosexualy and Wtern valuAlmost a third of Rsians thk homosexualy is rult of 'a sickns' Published: 13:48 BST, 24 January 2013 | Updated: 15:19 BST, 24 January 2013 Rsian ary recs are to be checked for certa typ of tattoo which thori believe uld reveal signs of homosexualy unr new technil guil issued om the Kreml. Tattoo checks: Recs jog the Rsian ary are to be examed for any timate tattoos which uld reveal homosexualy unr new guil issued by the Kreml Checkups: Recs show doctors their tongu, durg a medil examatn the Siberian cy of Kemerovo The text reads: 'The reason for gettg tattoos uld dite a low cultural or tnal level.
Kreml: Many wh the Rsian ernment are agast the promotn of homosexualy and wtern valu Officers are advised to chat wh nscripts about their sexual experience and nduct. '" While the Rsian ary holds tradnal views on sexualy, a UN report om 2007 stated homosexualy and male prostutn is mon wh the UN Internatnal Panel for Stggle agast Sexual Exploatn found that some soldiers voluntarily offer their servic while others are forced to prostutn.
GAY WAR VETERAN SPEAKS OUT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS UKRAE'S ARY
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The battaln chief assistant add: 'I had one gay ntract soldier who joed jt to fd more partners for himself. 'The move is the latt a seri of proposed clampdowns on homosexualy cludg new legislatn which aims to promote tradnal the terms of a bill that up for a first vote later this month, a public kiss between two men uld be fed as illegal 'homosexual propaganda' and brg a fe of up to £10, 000 The legislatn beg phed by the Kreml and the Rsian Orthodox Church would make illegal to tell mors rmatn that is fed as ‘propaganda of sodomy, lbianism, bisexualy and transgenrism. ’ It also clus a ban on holdg public events that promote gay rights.
The Orthodox Church Rsia has mand a natnal referendum on crimalisg gay relatnships a move certa to epen nflict wh the Wt. Picuttured: Officers ta gay right activists durg a prott Mosw The bill is part of an effort to promote tradnal Rsian valu as opposed to Wtern liberalism, which the Kreml and church see as rptg Rsian youth and ntributg to a wave of prott agast Print Vladimir Put's le, Fox News laws that the Kreml says are tend to protect young Rsians have been adopted recent months, cludg some that allow banng and blockg web ntent and prt publitns that are emed ‘extremist’ or unf for young Volkov, a soclogist wh the Levada Center, an pennt pollster, says the anti-gay bill fs the ‘general logic’ of a ernment tent on limg var this se, the move has been met mostly wh eher difference or open enthiasm by average Rsians.
Prott: Rsian police officers ta a gay rights activist durg an attempt to hold a gay pri para Mosw May 2012 Levada polls nducted last year show that almost two thirds of Rsians fd homosexualy ‘morally unacceptable and worth nmng. ’ About half are agast gay ralli and same-sex marriage; almost a third thk homosexualy is the rult of ‘a sickns or a psychologil trma, ’ the Levada surveys show.
VIOS SHOW WISPREAD ABE OF GAYS RSIA, ADVOT SAY
Rsia's wispread hostily to homosexualy is shared by the polil and relig ele. Lawmakers have acced homosexuals of creasg Rsia's already low birth rat and said they should be barred om ernment jobs, unrgo forced medil treatment or be exiled.
Pany PepsiCo for g a ‘gay’ rabow on rtons of s dairy products. A man drsed a bridal gown screams out of a police vehicle after he was taed In a gay rights prott December, Pavel Samburov, founr of gay-rights group the Rabow Associatn, was pelted wh eggs by ant activists wh the Orthodox Church sends after he and his boyiend was arrted by police, fed £10 and taed for 30 hours first a ozen van and then an unheated tentn Orthodox activists were also round up, but were released much behd the bill say mors need to be protected om ‘homosexual propaganda’ bee they are unable to evaluate the rmatn crilly. The bill reads: ‘This propaganda go through the mass media and public events that propagate homosexualy as normal behavr'.
Rsian ci started adoptg anti-gay laws 2006. Only one person has been prosecuted so far unr a law specifilly targeted at homosexuals: Nikolai Alexeyev, a gay rights mpaigner, was fed the equivalent of £100 after a one-man prott last summer St. 7ln damag for what says was ‘propaganda of perversn’ when Madonna spoke up for gay rights durg a show three months earlier.