11 important materials about LGBT that we made this year
Unfortunately, the position of the LGBT community in Russia, still remains difficult: with the advent of the notorious law on "propaganda", the problem of visibility has become even more acute than before. We have collected the most favorite materials about queer people and their lives in Russia and other countries - about the fight against discrimination and violence, as well as about the upbringing of children and the difficulties of representation.
Life after coming-out: Heroes of the legendary "Poster" number are telling
After almost six years, we decided to track down the heroes of this issue and find out how life works after public recognition of homosexuality and whether they remained in a country where homophobia is enshrined in law
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How Russian LGBT books are hidden from Russian children
In the case of literature for children and adolescents, “propaganda” threatens publishers with a fine of eight hundred thousand to one million rubles or administrative suspension of activity for up to ninety days. For obvious reasons, very few are prepared to take this risk.
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Parents about their children’s homosexuality
Even the most progressive people are often afraid of coming out of their own child. Acceptance depends on the culture and mood in society. We talked to parents about how they learned about their children's homosexuality and what changed the recognition
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LGBT couples on how they raise children
In Russian realities, homosexual families are forced to remain in an illegal situation: special care must be taken, and gay couples, in principle, have little chance of becoming fathers. We talked with LGBT parents - Russian and foreign - and learned how they raise children
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How women are abused in LGBT relationships
The topic of violence in LGBT couples still remains on the periphery of the discussion about home abyuz, almost invisible from the outside and rarely discussed inside. Domestic violence has neither gender nor sexuality, and, strictly speaking, the risk of abuse is not directly related to them.
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Straightwashing: How the film industry "adapts" LGBT heroes
Straightwashing is a situation where the image of an LGBT character is intentionally adjusted to fit better with heterosexual cultural norms. Simply put, the hero is robbed of a part of his identity.
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6 stories of transgender people
We talked with six very different characters about how they realized their transgenderness and decided to go, where they got the information from and what difficulties they face in the process.
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Why are transgender people not allowed to play themselves?
Hollywood still does not really understand what to do with transgender actresses and actors. Despite the success of the drama "Fantastic Woman", praise for "Mandarin", the release of the series of Ryan Murphy's "Pose" or the fame of Lavern Cox, the position of transgender people in Hollywood has not improved much in recent years
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Azerbaijani LGBT activist about how he survived from the country
Javid Nabiyev was one of those who actively helped to disseminate information about the arrests. Back in 2014, he fled the country, explaining that he was harassed by police and threatened by local residents.
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"Why me?": Queer teenagers about life in Russia
Teenagers are harassed on the Internet and on the street, and the state, by encouraging homophobic activists with posts in power, sometimes reminds: gays are not the place. We talked to queer teenagers who ventured to talk about their lives without hiding names and faces.
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Why are there so few open gays in football?
Cunning outs in modern football (hereinafter, we will mean male football - simply because its history is more revealing) are extremely rare, and each of them becomes an event. Even a hint of the homosexuality of a famous player can provide a lot of talk for many weeks.
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