Coming Out

Dear friends!

Coming Out’s website has moved to a new address: http://comingoutspb.ru

We will be glad to see you there!

[ 06/10/2010; 19:30:00 to 21:30:00. 19:30:00 to 21:30:00. ]

Dear friends, we invite you to the ComingOUtInfo about the development of the LGBT movement in Russia!
This will be an interactive meeting where we together will access the state that LGBT rights in Russia are in, will analyze the historic experience, will discuss what we need to do to improve the situatuation.
OUr discussion will be joined by Igor Kochetkov, Valery Sozaev and other activists.

Join us on OCtober 6 (Wednesday) at 19.30 in the office 406 at Ligovsky, 87.

We are looking forward to see you there!

[ 16/09/2010 17:00:00 to 25/09/2010 17:00:00. ]
It is exactly one year since the International Queer Culture Festival 2009.

We are happy to tell you that the organization “Coming Out” continues the tradition and invites YOU to Festival 2010!

The Second International Queer Culture Festival will be held in St. Petersburg from September 16 to 25, 2010 Through music, theater and poetic events festival aims to draw public attention to the problems of homophobia and transphobia in Russia.The slogan of the festival - “The Art of Being Yourself” is a call for everyone to be confident in themselves and to understand that respect for differences is the basis for the creation of a free and happy society.

The notion of “queer” refers both to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and to all people who do not fit into the framework of ideas of what men and women should be. “Queer” offers to see a human in the first place as an individual.

Detailed information about the program can be found at the official Festival website: http://www.queerfest.ru

[ 09/09/2010; 19:30:00 to 21:30:00. ]

Dear friends,

September 9, 2010 (Thursday) at 19.30 the “ComingOutInfo” project will host an interactive meeting where we invite everybody who is interested how lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people live in different parts of the world.

What are the trends in the LGBT movement around the world?

What countries in the forward of the liberation movement, and what are on the threshold of recognition of different rights?

In what countries representatives of the LGBT community are protected and don’t need to worry about discrimination?

In what countries homosexuals or transgenders are harassed, subjected to forced “treatment” or even executed?

[ 07/09/2010; 14:00:00 to 18:00:00. ]

Regional Press Institute and the LGBT organization “Coming Out” with the support of the Russian LGBT Network and the European Commission invites journalists in St. Petersburg to attend a workshop on September 7, 2010 (Tuesday) from 14 to 18 hours on the topic:

Gender and hate speech.

Unfortunately in Russia there hardly are any films that adequately represent the life of gays and lesbians. We decided to fill the gap! LGBT Film Festival “Side by Side” in cooperation with the documentary films director Natalya Zhuravleva begin preparations for the shooting of the documentary “Confession” about the life of gays and lesbians in Russia. We invite gay and lesbian people from different cities and different ages to become heroes of this film, which will be shown in Russian and international festivals. Relatives of the heroes will also take part in the shootings.

Dear friends,

We invite you to join the third Day Of Silence in Russia!

Attention: Organisation “Coming Out” does not hold a street action in 2010.

Reminder: always check information about Coming Out’s actions on the official web-site of the organisation - http://piter.lgbtnet.ru/ and in the official VKontakte group - http://vkontakte.ru/club2352211

On Saturday, April 24, 2010 St. Petersburg and 20 other cities in Russia will become quieter as they will take part in the Day Of Silence.

How you can participate?

We suggest that you join us in these ways:

The Saint-Petersburg “Coming Out” LGBT organization held a series of single pickets in Malaya Sadovaya street on April, 11^th. These events were conducted under the motto “We stand for Russia for everybody. We stand for Russia without homophobia” which marked the end of the “Week Against Homophobia”.

7 people participated in the picket, about 40 activists were present and supported the action. The police were making arrangements concerning protection of public order. During picketing there were 2 minor incidents which were efficiently reacted to by the police.

[ 31/01/2010; 18:00:00 to 22:00:00. ]

Dear friends,

In 2010 the project ‘ComingOutCionema’ continuous its work and invites movie enthusiasts and everybody who enjoys taking part in film discussions to the “Green Lamp” press club.

Once a month at 6 p.m. at the “Green Lamp” club (Gagarinskaya street, 3; Chernyshevskaya metro station) we’ll show exciting films on different topics: LGBT, feminism, civil society, human rights and others.

Traditionally, a discussion with experts and project guests is going to take place.

You are welcome to join our warm atmosphere.

Entrance is free. We look forward to seeing you!