Closeted Russia

A LGBT film festival gets shut down in St. Petersburg, 15 years after homosexuality became legal in post-Soviet Russia

By Julie Englander

When Irina Sergeeva first ventured outside her native Russia, she was struck by the contrast between gay culture at home and in Western cities like New York. There aren't a lot of places for gays in Russia beyond bars and clubs that dot its big [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    For an excellent first-hand account of what happened in St. Petersburg, see Basil Tsiokos’s essay:
    http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2008/10/dispatch_from_s_21.html

    United States Posted by Julie E. on Nov 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
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