A photograph that highlights the difficulti facg sexual mori Rsia has won the World Prs Photo ntt's top prize. 'Jon and Alex', om a project lled 'Homophobia Rsia', shows an 'timate moment' between a gay uple om St. Petersburg and won Danish photographer Mads Nissen the Contempory Issu tegory of the petn, as well as the first prize for a sgle image, tg him 11,500 Euro and Canon DSLR equipment. See wners
Contents:
- TOP RSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY
- GAY RSIANS LIVG THE SHADOWS
- RSIAN GAY RIGHTS STORY WS WORLD PRS PHOTO NTT FOR DANISH PHOTOGRAPHER
- PHOTOS: BEEFY RSIAN GAY IN PAVEL PETEL SRED TO BE IN MOSW
- RSIA'S GAY RIGHTS PROBLEM
- FROM RSIA WH LOVE: PHOTOS OF BRAVE GAY ACTIVISTS FIGHTG HOMOPHOBIA
TOP RSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY
Daria Kasatka, Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player, me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry. * photos of russia gay *
Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry. “This notn of someone wantg to be gay or beg one is ridiculo. “Serly, if there is a choice, no one would choose beg gay.
In 2013, the untry passed a “gay propaganda” law, which has been ed to target the LGTBQ muny, acrdg to The Council for Global Equaly.
GAY RSIANS LIVG THE SHADOWS
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Tatiana Vgradova took portras of young gay men Rsia. When photographer Tatiana Vogradova set out to document the tolerance toward homosexualy Rsia, her first challenge was fdg people willg to be ptured on mera. “Realy has driven the gay muny unrground, ” Vogradova said.
“In Rsia, only 1% of the gay populatn dar to live openly. “The visual ncept mirrors the ia that beg gay Rsia is not a rabow-lored life. Vogradova read a 2013 survey by the Levada Center that said 74% of Rsians did not thk homosexualy should be accepted by society.
RSIAN GAY RIGHTS STORY WS WORLD PRS PHOTO NTT FOR DANISH PHOTOGRAPHER
Beg gay Rsia has never been easy, but tensns have heated up recent months after new laws agast so-lled "gay propaganda," were passed * photos of russia gay *
Addnally, said 16% of Rsians thought gay people should be isolated om society, 22% thought they should be forced to unrgo treatment and 5% thought they should be “liquidated. Before takg their photographs, Vogradova would have nversatns wh her subjects and a personal story emerged for each one: “About rejectn by their parents and tolerance om society, about g out and acceptg themselv as gay, about lonels and fears, about their dreams and love, ” she said.
PHOTOS: BEEFY RSIAN GAY IN PAVEL PETEL SRED TO BE IN MOSW
Rsian gay activists show amazg urage the face of vlence and laws signed to drive them unrground. * photos of russia gay *
The untry as a whole has a reputatn of profound homophobia. - The Magaze.The world's first fe art photography magaze dited to queer and gay photography.Volume 2 - the Pri Issue featur ten photographers om ne untri: AY (UK), David Charl Colls (Atralia), Matthew Fley (USA), Ashish Gupta (India), Manuel Monyo (Mexi), Juan Anton Papagni Me (Argenta), Sebastian Perotti (Argenta), Mric A.
RSIA'S GAY RIGHTS PROBLEM
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FROM RSIA WH LOVE: PHOTOS OF BRAVE GAY ACTIVISTS FIGHTG HOMOPHOBIA
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