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[transhawks]

Just came from brightonbeachpride in bklyn.... marching with my fellow FSU queer immigrants/refugees and first gen-ers and our allies... so validating, especially in our neighborhood that I don't feel safe in . I'm glad I worked up the nerve.

"Queer immigrants = great talents!" "Homophobia is not kosher."

[veronicasanders]

[nicfanderson]

More Than 100 Demonstrators March With Russian LGBTQ+ Group In Coney Island to Support Ukraine

Rusa LGBT, a Russian LGBTQ+ organization, held a march in Coney Island to show support of Ukraine on Saturday, March 19. The march attracted more than 100 demonstrators and began on the Coney Island boardwalk and into Brighton Beach, an area with a high population of Russian-speaking residents, some of which are Russian immigrants..

[lifeworkspsych]

We’re not only challenging their conservative values. We’re invading their conservative space, which they have been holding for so many years. It’s a huge challenge, but we’re not afraid to take it. We’re not afraid to come out.

Lyosha Gorshkov, Co-President of RUSA LGBT and a co-organizer of Brighton Beach Pride, "an annual celebration for LGBTQ members of the post-Soviet diaspora who have resettled in New York City."

[outofficial]

On Sunday, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups Voices4 and RUSA LGBT met up for a kiss with a twist. Under the dark, rainy sky, they gathered outside of the Uzbekistan Consulate in New York City to protest human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ citizens in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan—including detainment, physical abuse, blackmail, and LGBTQ+ registration—with a good, old-fashioned kiss-in.

“We at Voices4 utilized this historical protest format to demand the governments of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan immediately stop the genocide against LGBTQIA+ people in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan,” Voices4 explained in a press release. “The actions against LGBTQIA+ people taken by the governments of these countries are violating international human rights statutes, laws, and declarations, and the governments must be held accountable for their unjust and inhumane policies.”

Despite the wet and cold weather, over 100 protesters showed up to the kiss-in to show solidarity with the global queer community. Among the speakers were New York City Anti-Violence Project activist Elly Brinkley and RUSA LGBT co-president Lyosha Gorshkov, whose group has become a key asset for Russian-speaking networking and advocacy. Gorshkov read from the diary of detained Uzbeki journalist, Ali Feruz.

“I refuse to live in a world where people like you and I are forced to love in the shadows, being forced to never show their affection in public, and having to love in fear of prosecution,” Santana said. “Today we will show the Uzbekistan consulate what love looks like!”

“As queer Americans, it is our duty to stand for the rights of queer people all over the world, and it is our duty not to take for granted the hard won freedoms we have here in the United States. It is by an accident of birth that we have the privilege to stand here today and kiss the people we want to kiss without putting our lives in danger,” Elly Brinkley, a member of Voices4, said. “But it is not an accident that that privilege exists here. It is the result of decades of activism for which many of our queer ancestors risked their lives. Now, it is our duty to use that privilege they bestowed onto us to advocate for queers who have not been the beneficiaries of such work.”

We caught up with Voices4 founder (and 2018 Eligible Bachelor) Adam Eli as he prepares for the advocacy group's bi-weekly Wednesday night meeting at the LGBT Center from 8-10PM to talk the rainy weather, what's next, and how to show Valentine's Day solidarity.

Read the interview here.

[lgbtporusski]

Russian Distributor Picks Up 'Carol' Despite Law Against "Gay Propaganda"

The distributor Arthouse acquired likely Oscar pick Carol for release in Russia in March 2016.

Итак, дистрибьютерская компания "Артхаус" рискнула и купила права на драму "Кэрол", которая, скорее всего, будет широко номинироваться на Оскар. "Артхаус" собирается выпустить её в марте 2016 год, но признаёт, что это станет "огромным испытанием" из-за федерального закона, который "преследует ЛГБТ-сообщество". Я, со своей стороны, намерена освещать ситуацию с фильмом на российских экранах максимально субьективно и вовлеченно, что-то мне подсказывает, что история будет жаркой, и Милонов с компанией не пройдут мимо такой красоты, не попытавшись ее испортить.

"Вне всякого сомнения, "Кэрол" - главное кино-событие этого года, и определённо, самая захватывающая история любви, которая недавно взорвала большие экраны", - рассказал "Голливудскому репортёру" Ян Визинберг, соучредитель и исполнительный директор фирмы "Артхаус" и её головной компании - американского медийного холдинга Lorem Ipsum Corp. "Все наши сотрудники мечтали о том, чтобы выпустить этот фильм в России."

[lgbtporusski]

HoMoscow: ГоМосква: испанская организация собирается выпускать журнал ГоМосква, который посвящен гомосексуальности в России и уделяет особенное внимание социальной и легальной ситуации.

Журнал финансируется через пожертвования читателей, которые, помимо журнала, получают различные сувениры: среди прочих, трусы с изображением Путина и надписью “put in” (игра слов: дословно, “помести внутри”).

http://www.verkami.com/projects/13200-homoscow-revista

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoMoscow-Revista-1501557380162048/timeline/

[lgbtporusski]

LGBT Po-Russki & RUSA LGBT - New York City, June 28, 2015