[LINK] "Queer Russia"

[rfmcdonald]

Open Democracy has a nice feature on GLBT rights and history in Russia and the former Soviet Union, including a variety of interesting essays like Alexander Kondakov's analysis of two decades of public opinion polls (anti-gay sentiment has been declining) and Ksenia Leonova's interview of a closeted twenty-something Chechen. The article I've seen shared on Facebook is Alyona Soiko's "Brokeback in Belarus", dealing with a gay couple living in rural Belarus describing how they came together.