Steam Workshop::DIma_GAY

Contents:

• THIS GAY RSIAN COUPLE IS HELPG OTHER LGBT IMMIGRANTS FD THEIR WAY IN NEW YORK
• 10 RSIAN STARS WHO ARE SPECTED OF BEG GAY
• IS DIMA GAY
• CHUCK DIMA, GAY SOFTBALL PNEER, DI AT 81
• CHUCK DIMA, THE GRANDFATHER OF GAY SOFTBALL, DI AT THE AGE OF 81

THIS GAY RSIAN COUPLE IS HELPG OTHER LGBT IMMIGRANTS FD THEIR WAY IN NEW YORK

Recent laws and polls reveal an uptick anti-gay sentiment, but paradoxilly, Rsians like their mic acts as mpy and flamboyant as possible. Moiseev is an stutn and a hoehold favore, even though he's openly homosexual and most of his performanc are flamboyant even by the standards of a pri this Rsia, where only 16 percent of people say homosexuals should be accepted by society and where a new law aims to prevent publicly advotg "alternative" sexuali. Meanwhile, Philip Kirkorov, a staple of seemgly every Rsian "all star" pilatn and ncert, is not openly gay but he nohels generat much speculatn wh his amply applied, glamoro makp and diva personaly.

After endg a brief marriage to an agg megastar named Alla Pugacheva, Rsia's answer to Barbra Streisand, two years ago he had a baby wh the help of an Amerin 's him sgg a dance remix of the Jewish song Hava Nagila, wrapped a fur shg and wh what appears to be the pelt of an entire yak on his head:Rsia has never been pecially tolerant, but has lately taken a turn toward outright ostracism of gays and bisexuals. Holdg gay pri events, speakg fense of gay rights, or equatg gay and heterosexual relatnships n now rult f of up to $31, whereas flamboyant artists might be margalized other, siarly nservative natns, Rsians heartily embrace performers that embody anythg other than the untry's avowed heteronormative ials.

From Sergey Zverev, who sgs cked out long blond trs and blh, to Zemfira, a fierce tomboy mored to be havg an affair wh an actrs, many of the untry's most renowned micians are (or appear to be) gay, bisexual, or few are formally out, their genr-bendg mannerisms, as well as gossip about their te sexual inti, only seem to fuel their populary. Popular variety shows feature men (and women) who act out zany, satiril sketch, often wh the help of puppets, mimg, dancg, and the ocsnal e of drag for edic historic appreciatn of the typ of lorful displays, bed wh Rsians' love of ballet and opera, means effemate or even drag performanc aren't generally associated wh homosexualy, explaed Boris Draly, a lecturer Rsian lerature at the edy act, "Two New Rsian Grandmas, " two straight men don kerchiefs and drs and mock dowdy babhkas night after night:Stephen Ami, a profsor of mic and media studi at the Universy of Amsterdam who is wrg a book about homosexualy and Rsian pop, said Rsians smaller ci have told him that they like the pizazz of genr-bendg acts, which seem to brighten an otherwise dreary provcial existence.

10 RSIAN STARS WHO ARE SPECTED OF BEG GAY

The law says you n't promote gay rights, but you sure as heck n rock out to a fatigable drag fact, the mystique of the non-straight persona n be such a boon that the past even heterosexual sgers have acted gay orr to generate album duo Tatu attaed relative ternatnal fame the early 2000s after their manager strategilly marketed them as lbians.

And the illn means that Rsians don't have to worry about rencilg their appreciatn for the performers wh the culture's homophobia bee there is no ntradictn for them, so long as LGBT performers keep their orientatn to themselv.

"Partan pots out that mors about sgers' sexuali rema jt that -- "Nobody is openly sayg, 'well, you know, this is who I am, I'm gay. "Moiseev [the openly gay performer] is the master of this.

IS DIMA GAY

He gave an terview the Rsian versn of Rollg Stone, where he said, sentially, 'gay, shmay, this is all bullsh.

"Rsians have terrible gaydar, " Draly explaed.

CHUCK DIMA, GAY SOFTBALL PNEER, DI AT 81

YouTube vios of his songs are ltered wh homophobic 2002, the band Ri Vverh released the song "On Teba Tseluyet, " or "He Kiss You. Draly and others say 's possible the receptn for Rsia's more flamboyant stars will grow ls iendly as homophobic sentiment there Serduchka, a Ukraian drag queen who danc long, sequ drs and outlandish headgear, reportedly recently lost a sgg ntract wh a Rsian variety show bee producers worried he might be advotg "non-tradnal relatnships. "Late last year, Kirkorov, along wh Bilan and some 300 other celebri signed a letter to Rsian lawmaker Valy Milonov cricizg the ban on "gay propaganda, " which at that pot was jt a municipal law St.

CHUCK DIMA, THE GRANDFATHER OF GAY SOFTBALL, DI AT THE AGE OF 81

"Still, the untry's ntradictory perspective toward homosexualy on stage and screen is at tim January, the journalist Anton Krasovsky announced he was gay while hostg a show on a Kreml-fund ter news work. "I am gay, and I am a human beg jt like Put and Medvev, " he was fired immediately. Image how great the level of homophobia is Rsia, if ted people are ready to break off ntact wh their son and their brother after his weddg.

But if you are gay, then that is the fg factor. Every other post is ghg about how love he is wh his (gay) “assistant”.

Has there ever been strong mors that he is gay? Not everyone is eher gay or straight lolby Anonymoreply 10October 30, 2021 2:25 AM. I dunno if his “assistant” intifi as gay but he only follows shirtls men and hashtags like #scff #bulge #beardmenby Anonymoreply 12October 30, 2021 2:28 AM.