Our Projects And Projects That Involve Us

St. Petersburg Life
Organization Coming Out launches a new project, "St. Petersburg Life". It is a guide to events of cultural and social life, as well as science, sports, and more, that take place in our city and can be of interest to the LGBT community and the society at large.
Радио “Выход”
Недели против ксенофобии, расизма и гомофобии, 2009
Ксенофобии.NET
ComingOutInfo
ComingOutInfo is a platform for getting relevant and useful information, prepared for you by various specialists, experts in questions that interest the community and not only the community, it's a forum for learning and widening your horizons, it's a means of communication for the curious and the open-minded.
ComingOutCinema
It is very important for members of LGBT community to see their reflection on screen in the process of self identification and understanding of their sexualaity as an integral and harmonious part of their identity. We hope that film showings will become a lasting tradition in the cultural life of St. Petersburg and will familiarize us with many films not yet known to the Russian LGBT viewer. Come watch the films with us!
New Year for HIV+ Children
In December of 2008, members of the organization Coming Out collected donations of toys, clothes, and financial donations for HIV+ children and organized a New Year celebration in an orphanage in St. Petersburg. Our friendship and collaboration with the orphanage continued into the new year as well: we are happy to be volunteers and accompany children during their outside walks and field trips.
Coming Out Day
October 11 is the International Coming Out Day. In 2008, Coming Out Day is brought to Russia for the first time by the St. Petersburg LGBT Organization Coming Out.
Moscow Conference
From October 17 to 19, the National Conference of Civil Organizations in Support of LGBT Movement took place in Moscow. Coming Out took active part in the Conference.
The LGBT Film Festival Side by Side
Coming Out officially supported the LGBT Film Festival Side by Side and provided it with volunteer support in preparations and running of the Festival.
Lesbian Think Tank
A seminar/work group called Lezzy Think Tank took place on September 6, in St. Petersburg, organized by Anna Viola Hallberg and Annica Karlsson Rixon, Swedish artists. This project exists in conjunction with the artists’ art exhibition State of Mind, but at the same time is a separate brain-child of the artists. The main idea behind the project is to stimulate and gather the thought potential of lesbians regarding the LGBT issues and questions.
Summer School
From August 18 to August 24, the Russian LGBT Network of organizations and the St. Petersburg LGBT Organization Coming Out, with financial support by the Swedish Helsinki Committee, held Summer School for LGBT activists of Russia.
EuroPride 2008
The capital of Sweden, Stockholm, hosted EuroPride – the Pride Festival for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people - from July 25 to August 3, 2008. At EuroPride, Russia was represented by a delegation from the Russian LGBT Network of organizations, which included representatives of the St. Petersburg Public Organization Coming Out.
RFSL Conference
In June 2008, Coming Out hosted the International Conference of LGBT Organizations of the Northern and Eastern Europe "On Our Way to Strength." The Conference was organized by the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights (RFSL).
Discrimination Monitoring
Coming Out takes part in monitoring of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, led by the Russian LGBT Network jointly with the Moscow Helskinki Group (MHG), gathering information on discrimination by interviewing the victims and monitoring the mass media of St. Petersburg.
Minifest
Coming Out organized a one-day festival of lesbian and gay culture, the MiniFest. The goal of the festival was consolidation of the LGBT community and promoting the fight against internal homophobia.
Day of Silence
Coming Out organized the first in Russia Day of Silence, which took place on May 3, 2008, under the umbrella of the International Day of Silence, and was dedicated to the problem of silencing the discrimination, emotional harassment, violence, hate crimes, and intolerance to LGBT. The event took form of a series of individual rallies and was widely covered by the mass media.