Новости Ang Lee's Gay Drama Brokeback Mountain to be seen in 34 Cities Across Russia

The March issue of the Russian Gay Magazine "Kvir" (Queer) is dedicated to Brokeback Mountain 2006/03/23. As reported by Paradis, Russian distributor of the Ang Lee gay drama Brokeback Mountain, the film, which is the winner of a myriad of international awards, will be seen by moviegoers in 34 cities across Russia...
23 марта 2005

Новости "Love and sex in Islamic culture": gay marriage and its relationship with the genies

The book "Love and sex in Islam culture" has been singled out by the organisers of the 17th Moscow International Book Festival among the fourty "bestsellers" and the seven most original works. At the publishing house "Ansar" they claim to be staggered by the widely diverse responses to the book. In spite of the fact...
3 октября 2004

Новости We don’t need gay blood

Everyone is mourning the people who died in Beslan and feels for the survivors. Many gay men would have liked to, and could have helped, those injured, but, as it turned out, gay blood is not required. A few days ago a call for blood donations for the victims was published on a popular website. Gay men "by habit"...
12 августа 2004

Новости Bashkortostan Parliament's deputy proposes legitimating homosexual marriages

Mr. Edward Murzin, Deputy of the Bashkortostan (Kurultai) State Council has proposed legitimating homosexual marriages. According to ROSBALT'S correspondent, the Deputy introduced to the State Kurultai Committee for Labour and Social Matters, Family, Maternity, Childhood and Health the draft project on amendments to...
22 мая 2004

Новости Andrei Vulf: In the Duma there is no sex... and no hate

Today the deputies of the Russian State Duma rejected the legislative project on the introduction of legal responsibility for the instigation of hate crimes on the basis of sexual orientation. The author of the project, the three times deputy Andrei Vul'f, proposed a sentence of up to five years for hate crimes...
20 мая 2004

Новости RF State Council - Russian Gays' Love Still Not Amenable to RF Court Jurisdiction

1st April 2004 the RF Council State committee for the civil, criminal and arbitration law made a recommendation to the RF State Council overriding the amendments to the RF Criminal Code, according to which homosexuality is a criminal act. As a matter of remembrance, the related draft law regarding making amendments...
2 апреля 2004

Новости Новости Offended by Podolsk authorities, Moiseev left for Berlin to confess his love to Nikita from Golod TV show

On his 50 th anniversary Boris Moiseyev got a beautiful present from Culture Department of Podolsk, which vigorously ordered to ban Moiseev’s concerts. The same story occurred recently in another Moscow region town of Domodedovo, however there people who bought the tickets for the show refused to get their money back...
13 февраля 2004

Новости Russia allows first gay magazine

The Times, January 14, 2004 From Jeremy Page in Moscow WHEN, in 1987, Ed Mishin realized that he was gay, homosexuality was a crime punishable by up to five years in prison under Soviet law; now he is free to visit one of Moscow's many gay clubs or surf a host of Russian gay- oriented websites without fear of arrest...
16 января 2004

Новости Patriarch Alexi's successor spoke against the "homosexuals' social integration"

29th March metropolitan Smolenski and Kaliningradski, Mr. Kirill Gundiayev, wo is most likely to succeed Patriarch Alexi, made a number of homophobic statements at the European Cultural and Spiritual Versatility International Conference, which was held 29th March in Warsaw. In particular, he criticised some of the...
3 января 2004

Новости Новости Moldovian Gay & Lesbian Empowerment

"Moldovan Gay and Lesbian Empowerment" is the largest gay and lesbian project in the post-Soviet territory. The opening of the project "Moldovan Gay and Lesbian Empowerment" took place on October 18, 2001 in Chisinau, Moldova. It is a twinning project between the Dutch lesbian and gay advocacy organisation COC...
24 октября 2001

Новости Ukraine: Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Conference Takes Place in Kiev

The conference "Human Rights Concerning Gay Men and Lesbians: The Experience of Work and Establishing of Cooperation Among Lesbian & Gay Organizations in the Post-Soviet States" took place in Kiev from October 19 to October 21, 2000. Participant from the Eastern and Central Europe presented the current position of...
23 октября 2000

Новости Azerbaijan: New Criminal Code Has no Ban on Sex between Men

Gay activists in Azerbaijan report that the ban on sexual relationships between men in that country has been lifted. A special edition of "Azerbaijan", the official newspaper of the Parliament, published on 28 May, reports that the Parliament has approved a new Criminal Code, and that the President has signed a...
29 мая 2000

Новости Ukraine: Gay and Lesbian Center Our World Founded in Lugansk

On 27 December the gay and lesbian center Our World was founded in Lugansk, Ukraine. The main purposes of the center are: protection of human rights and freedoms of homosexuals and improvement of their legal position in the state; struggle against discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation...
27 декабря 1998