In St. Petersburg a psychiatrist’s secret effort to help transgender Russians After being forced from his job, Russia’s top transgender specialist now sees some of his patients in secret feature Katia Patin
For Afghan Families in Germany, Deportation Looms Having risked their lives and spent their savings to get to Germany, two Afghan families now face deportation dispatch Laura Kasinof
Pressure at the Gates: Syrians Look to Germany as EU Deal Falters In Turkey, refugees and smugglers are hoping for the EU deal to collapse dispatch John Beck
Integration: Not Leaving Can Europe integrate millions of migrants or are they forever guests? introduction Coda Story
Traditional Values: does Kremlin-promoted morality have much to do with beliefs? Moscow says it has an alternative to the concepts of “freedom” and “democracy” propagated by the West introduction Coda Story
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
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
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
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
A violent struggle over national identity Kyrgyzstan’s beacon of tolerance under threat from manufactured Kremlin homophobia dispatch Andrew North
Young, Russian, Gay, and Pro-Putin Why do many Russian LGBTQ members support Putin’s presidency? dispatch Francesca Ebel
