Russia

Andrei Shved (Photo courtesy of prokuratura.gov.by)
Mimicking Russia, Belarus plans its own anti-‘gay propaganda’ law
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Queer Ukrainian escaped as Russian invaders hunted for her
Salman Mukaev (Photo courtesy of Moscow Times)
Armenia refuses to extradite gay Chechen man wanted by Russia
A Russian woman was sentenced to five days in jail for wearing earrings much like these.
Rainbow images lead to ‘LGBT extremism’ convictions in Russia
Berlin Pride 2023. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
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Police confront gay pride rally in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2017. (Olga Maltseva photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images)
Russia’s Supreme Court bans ‘International LGBT Movement’ as ‘extremist’
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (Photo courtesy of the Washington Blade)
Ukraine military has a new transgender spokesperson
Ukrainian troops (Photo courtesy of LGBTQ Nation)
Russia fears gay ‘super-soldiers’ fighting for Ukraine
LGBTQ rights demonstration in Moscow. (Dmitri Lovetsky photo courtesy of AP/Tass/Moscow Times)
Russia outlaws gender-affirming procedures
Scene from the production of 'Nureyev' by the Bolshoi Ballet in 2017. (Mikhail Loginov photo courtesy of the Bolshoi Theater via The New York Times.)
Nureyev ballet falls victim to Russian ‘anti-gay propaganda’ law
Ukrainian military medic Ivan Honzyk's most popular post on Instagram. (Photo courtesy of Ivan Honzyk via NBC News)
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Petition calls for release of gay Chechen man
Petition seeks freedom for Chechen man suspected of homosexuality
LGBTQ Russians flee to the West
One of many Taliban patrols in Kabul, Afghanistan, which seek out LGBTQ Afghans and other people who are out of favor with the regime. (Photo courtesy of EPA and The Guardian)
Rainbow Railroad seeks governments’ support in aiding LGBTQ refugees
Miss TIzzy (Photo courtesy of @MissTizy / Instagram)
The life of a Russian drag queen in the Putin era