Coming Out

The ComingOutInfo on topic “Is it difficult to be a homosexual family?” was conducted by Mark Kusherov, who is a psychotherapists and a Candidate of Medical Science, on February, 21.The workshop looked like a discussion. Guests compared their notes and answered the questions Mark asked. Then the psychotherapist supplemented information obtained with results of his own investigation and summarized things said.The following topics were discussed.

Dear friends,

This Saturday, February 21, we are going to discuss the following issue:” Is it hard for a same-sex family to survive in our society?” at the ComingOutInfo workshop. Dr Mark Kucherov, who is the famous psychiatrist and PhD in medicine, will help us to deal with the problem.

We are going to talk about myths that surround same-sex couples, joys and hardships of their lives, raising children, ups and downs in relationships, family crises, relatives, neighbors, parents, colleagues, friends and so on.

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On Saturday, February 7, 2009, ComingOutInfo (InfoVyhod) takes place on the topic: “Russia’s LGBT-community of the 19th and early 20th century: characteristics of the epoch and outstanding personalities”.

Russia’s LGBT-community has a history. We mustn’t forget about that. Especially now, when voices are heard that “homosexuality is an infection brought from the West”. Non-heterosexuals have always formed a stable minority in Russia, such as in any other culture. Furthermore, when social norms were more liberal there was less homophobia in society. Only by knowing our past we can live confidently in the present and build our future. LGBT are people with history!

You are invited to the ComingOutCinema (KinoVyhod) on January, 31 (6 p.m.) to see the film “Passion for Marina” (Russia), 2004, 55 min. Director: Andrei V. Osipov.

“Passion for Marina” (“Strasti po Marine”) is a biographical documentary of Tsvetaeva Marina’s life. The film is an artistic re-creation of one Human’s life and one Poet’s fate, it is a kaleidoscope of old photographs, poems, letters and newsreels of past years.

The first ComingOutInfo: how do we become parents?

The first ComingOutInfo became a very important event, the consequences of which, as we do hope, will affect not only LGBT community in St. Petersburg but our society at large - if there should be a baby-boom among St. Petersburg gays and lesbians and the sociologists would speculate as to why and how come, you and I will know the answer.
Joking apart, however, everybody that came to the event has shown that the issue of parenthood and the questions as to how one would have a baby in a homosexual family are very important to us.

Dear friends!

We invite you to the first event of the new project ComingOutInfo.

On Saturday, January 24, 2009, at 18.00, we will continue the topic of LGBT and parenting. We have invited experts who will tell us about the various possibilities available to Russians gays and lesbians have today to have children, such as artificial insemination, adoption, guardianship, and foster families.

Dear friends,

we’re glad to inform you about the opening of the next season
“ComingOutCinema” on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 6 p.m.!

We are going to show two films on the topic of LGBT-parents in the club
“Papaprotif” (www.papaprotif.ru).

Dear friends!

We are glad to inform you of our new project’s birth. This is ComingOutInfo.

ComingOutInfo is the place where you can receive topical and useful information, prepared by specialists in different areas and experts in crucial and painful issues.

ComingOutInfo is the forum for communication and broadening of outlook.

ComingOutInfo is the circle of contacts for curious and open-mind people.

Starting January, 17 we will alternate ComingOutCinema and ComingOutInfo.