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1. Trans Russians: "How Long Can We Last?"

Trans people in Russia are more vulnerable than ever. How are they surviving?

Tags: exile, political repression, transgender people, trans women, lgbt
2. Crackdowns on Queer Nightlife Continue

In Voronezh, police raided a bar that featured drag performers. 

Tags: voronezh, lgbt, nightlife
3. Roskomnadzor Casts Vanishing Spell on Fanfics

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

Tags: politics, internet, literature, censorship, lgbt
4. Teach Not Fear, But Self-Esteem

A trans woman from St. Petersburg was forced to pull her child from school because of her gender. 

Tags: trans women, politics, education, social issues, lgbt
5. Dostoyevsky, The New LGBT Propaganda

An online retailer removed books by Dostoyevsky, Murakami, Wilde, Sorokin, and others under the "LGBT Propaganda" law.

Tags: law, dostoevsky, literature, censorship, lgbt
6. Arrested for Rainbow Earrings

A young woman in Nizhny Novgorod faces extremism charges for wearing rainbow earrings. 

Tags: human rights, Nizhny Novgorod, lgbt
7. "I'm Alive" a Harrowing Escape

A gay Chechen man forced to out himself on camera vanished after the video went viral in 2022. Now, he tells his story.

Tags: politics, russians abroad, police, chechnya, lgbt
8. The Party Is Over

An almost-naked party drew backlash from conservative groups, prompting an investigation and the arrest of three attendees.

Tags: censorship, Moscow, sobchak, lgbt, roskomnadzor
9. Ministry of Justice: LGBT Russians Are Next

Russia's Ministry of Justice has filed a lawsuit to label LGBT Russians and their advocacy groups "extremists."

Tags: politics, law, government, human rights, lgbt
10. Russia's Anti LGBT+ War

Taking stock, ten years on from Russia's passage of its first post-Soviet anti-gay law.

Tags: families, children, marriage, human rights, lgbt

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