Photo: René Volfík, iROZHLAS.cz
Since 2008, the organization ComingOut has been working to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ folks in Russia, as a response to the many dangers and difficulties this community faces on a daily basis. Georgii Kalakutskii, a member of the queer community himself, is taking the work ComingOut is doing across Europe, including Prague, to draw attention to these issues and to build solidarity. He told me more about the discussion he is hosting on May 2 in Prague.
“We’re coming to Prague to speak about the Russian queer community. I work with ComingOut – an organization where we’ve been helping the Russian queer community for 16 years. We want to inform people about what has been ongoing for the last 30 years in Russia, and also what has been happening for the last two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Since then, the borders of Russia have been heavily sealed, and there is much less information about the troubles faced by the Russian queer community, making it difficult to build solidarity. That’s why we’re travelling across Europe, to build a global community and start a conversation.”
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Author: Amelia Mola-Schmidt