LGBTQ Crisis
LGBTQ rights are the new front line of a fierce ideological battle between the Kremlin and the West.
East-West Divide
The worsening crisis defies Western efforts to promote individual rights
Information War
Agendas and bias in LGBTQ media coverage across the former Soviet Union
Kremlin Influence
Moscow’s role in turning sexual orientation into a matter of political ideology
Orthodox Church
How the Church is both fueling and taking advantage of the LGBTQ Crisis
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Rights abuses
The human cost of cultural and state-sanctioned homophobia
News Archive
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Triggers Moscow-Bulgaria Row over WWII
Wife of Russian Politician Demands All Issues of Liberal Newspaper Destroyed
First Pride Parade Outside of Kiev Goes Ahead Despite Threats
Russian Culture Ministry Finances Research Into ‘Derusificating Technology’
First Openly Gay Minister Appointed in Serbia
A Rare Legal Victory for a Gay Woman in Siberia
Riga’s Mayor Fined for Posting in Russian on Social Media
Pokemon Go Poses a Threat to the Value of Human Identity, Says the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Says ‘No’ to 260-Foot Statue of Christ
Law Banning the ‘Exploitation of Interest in Sex’ in Advertisement Introduced in Russian Duma
American Pastor Supportive of LGBT Rights Deported From Russia
Moscow Police Fail to Respond to Call After a Handicapped Man Was Attacked at a Gay Club