Gay community in kirov, russia
The public seems to be actively fueling at least some of the raids. On at least two occasions, in Orenburg and Chita, members of the nationalist movement Russian Community (Russkaya Obshchina) took part in the searches alongside security forces, while in Kirov a local publication has been regularly writing about the local LGBT club.
A gay club was shut down in the Russian city of Kirov on 8 November and its owner and three drag artists charged with extremist offences. Police had raided the club the week before, and a few days before that security forces raided drag shows in the cities of Chita and Yaroslavl too. Law enforcement has also shown up at events that had nothing to do with the LGBT community, such as furry.
LGBT Rights in Kirovskaya oblast', Russia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more.
LGBTQ culture in Russia Moscow International LGBT Pride Festival was first celebrated in and was the subject of the documentary Moscow Gay Pride ' Although life in modern Russia allows many more liberties for gay men and lesbians than it did before the fall of communism, unofficial discrimination and fear are still rampant.
The public seems to be actively fueling at least some of the raids. On at least two occasions, in Orenburg and Chita, members of the nationalist movement Russian Community (Russkaya Obshchina) took part in the searches alongside security forces, while in Kirov a local publication has been regularly writing about the local LGBT club.
A gay club was shut down in the Russian city of Kirov on 8 November and its owner and three drag artists charged with extremist offences. Police had raided the club the week before, and a few days before that security forces raided drag shows in the cities of Chita and Yaroslavl too. Law enforcement has also shown up at events that had nothing to do with the LGBT community, such as furry.
LGBT Rights in Kirovskaya oblast', Russia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more.
LGBTQ culture in Russia Moscow International LGBT Pride Festival was first celebrated in and was the subject of the documentary Moscow Gay Pride ' Although life in modern Russia allows many more liberties for gay men and lesbians than it did before the fall of communism, unofficial discrimination and fear are still rampant.