Russia

Logo of NC SOS, a support group for women and queer victims of violence in the North Caucasus region.
Russia designates North Caucasus women and queer rights group ‘extremist’
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Under attack in Russia, trans support group still racks up successes
LGBTQ rights protest (Gary Ashe photo courtesy of Picture Alliance/dpa/PA Wire)
Ukraine LGBTQ people face sexual violence in Russia-occupied territories
Police confront gay pride rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2017. (Olga Maltseva photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images)
‘Propaganda’ laws force Russian LGBTQ community underground
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U.S. rejects United Nations resolution against AIDS
Illustration courtesy of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law
Like Russia, Kazakhstan now blocks access to LGBTQ news
Under new extremism laws, LGBTQ Russians must fight to survive
Russian version of the film "Call Me By Your Name"
Russia escalates crackdown on LGBT content with fines and arrests
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his buddy, Relarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic Council)
Belarus adopts law against positive accounts of gay sex
Young participant at Coming Out's rally for LGBT* rights holds a sign that states "Let's Live in Peace." (Photo courtesy of Coming Out)
LGBTQ+ news from Russia, Ukraine and Vanuatu
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Russia makes it a crime to work with ILGA World on behalf of LGBTQ rights
Although Ukraine in general does not acknowledge same-sex marriages, a court recognized the marriage Tymur Levchuk and Zorian Kis, a Ukrainian diplomat stationed in Israel. Zoryan Kis, First Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel, and his partner Tymur Levchuk. The couple had lived together since 2013 and were legally married in the United States in 2021.. (Photo courtesy of Teenergizer)
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Anti-trans hysteria mars Europe’s LGBTQ gains
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Noushad Thekkayil photo courtesy of Euractiv / NurPhoto / Getty Images)
Kazakhstan Senate approves ban on positive depictions of LGBTQ people
Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstant (Photo courtesy of Expedia.com)
Kazakhstan shelves anti-LGBTQ+ bill for additional study
Costume party in Tomsk, Siberia. (Photo courtesy of Novaya Gazeta Europe)
Russia’s police hunt for gays, but find clowns
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Kazakhstan parliament passes ‘Anti-LGBT Propaganda’ law