Polarization Kiev’s equality march passes peacefully Opposition from foreign and domestic forces arrayed against LGBTQ rights failed to disrupt an annual march in Kiev, bolstering Ukraine’s halting efforts to align with the West dispatch Ian Bateson
Polarization Murder after the Revolution Since Ukraine’s 2014 revolution, the number of killings of gay men has exploded. How Ukraine responds will help determine the country’s political trajectory—as a part of Europe or spinning toward Russia feature David Stern
Polarization Unholy alliance For a decade, the Russian Orthodox Church has countenanced thuggish anti-LGBTQ groups. When Russians mobilized to protect public parks from new church construction, this partnership went to work to label green space a nefarious gay cause dispatch Evgeniy Shapovalov
Polarization A “family” gathering commemorates an anti-gay riot An anti-LGBTQ conference provides ecumenical and political unity among American, Georgian and Russian members of the religious right dispatch Giorgi Lomsadze
Polarization A violent struggle over national identity Kyrgyzstan’s beacon of tolerance under threat from manufactured Kremlin homophobia dispatch Andrew North
Polarization Young, Russian, Gay, and Pro-Putin Why do many Russian LGBTQ members support Putin’s presidency? dispatch Francesca Ebel
Polarization Clubbing and surviving in Samara Life in Russia’s most homophobic city dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Polarization Forgotten revolutionaries Ukraine’s LGBT community depends on the West to defend their rights dispatch Ian Bateson
