Coming Out

No city will see it twice…

Author of two poem collections and two novels, Lia Kirgetova decided to try poetry drama on stage. “Deeper” never happens twice… St. Pete is lucky again.

You’ve got the chance to get to know Kirgetova “Deeper” on March 12 at 20.00 in “Pamela” club, 5th Sovetskaya 45.

Reserve a place here .

See you.

Dear friends,

In January, 2010 our Organization will mark one year from the moment of the state registration and almost two years since the small initiative group of like-minded people, who were “not indifferent to their present and who were ready to work for change of the future”, has gathered. I remind that the first meeting of this group took place in March, 30th, 2008 during the Week Against Homophobia.

2009. Summary of LGBT-activists work in St. Petersburg.

In 2009 St. Petersburg saw a record number of different events and actions aimed at fighting homophobia and discrimination of LGBT community - lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.

It is step by step that a human being becomes aware of his or her difference from the others. At first he or she is afraid of being different, but then becomes proud of it. These are the traits of a normal person. The world is moved by phobias towards any demonstration of differences, and step by step the human being does one thing only: he or she destroys phobias. And the more fears of the different a person vanquished, the more of the inexplicable he or she accepted in his or her life, the more civilized this person is.

[ 23/10/2009 19:30:00 to 31/10/2009 22:30:00. ]

The 2-nd International LGBT film festival “Side by Side” opens

October 23, 2009 the out-of-competition showing of Richard Oswald’s “Different from the Others” opens the 2-nd International LGBT film festival “Side by Side.

[ 10/10/2009 18:00:00 to 20/10/2009 23:00:00. ]

From 10th till 20th of October 2009 еру festival of Social Art Art-Sobes 2009 takes place in St. Petersburg.

This is a festival of visual (artistic) expressions on the topic of different views about men and women and their roles in different spheres of life and activities. “Coming Out” together with “International Queer Culture Festival” as partner-organisers of this festival invite you to join the project.

Official Press Release of the Festival:

“Okna M/G Rosta”

Grow yourself on your own!

We assume that every person is wider than any frames and suggest to reconsider the meaning of the things that are out of standards, are left over and eventually become the source of pity, exclusion and inequality. We believe that difference can become a place to invent oneself and mutual amplification.

October 11 is already a known date for St. Petersburg.

It’s the day when LGBT Community celebrates Coming Out Day.

This year we invite you to the second wind of the International Queer Culture Festival within the framework of the social festival Art-sobes, to celebrate Coming Out Day.

On October 11, 2009 we look forward to meeting you at the opening of Lida Mikhailova’s photo exhibition “Coming Out of the Closet”, where you will have a chance to make your own “coming out of the closet” as well as support those who are ready to make this hard step.

The first International Queer Culture Festival has successfully finished in St. Petersburg.

During ten days different locations of the city became sites for performances, concerts and discussions, exhibitions, places for poets to challenge each other and for night parties to be held.

The International Festival of Queer Culture is already in the ‘hot’ preparation phase when we need free hands and minds to organize events. We invite those who are interested to apply themselves in photography, organizing concerts, graphic design, marketing and advertising, translating, and much more. If you are interested in the unusual, unconventional and original - welcome!

A chief editor at a local television channel called homosexuality an “abomination” in a caustic reply to an open letter written by an insulted viewer. The viewer, St. Petersburg resident Maria Yefremenkova, had earlier held a one-woman protest against what she described as a “homophobic” broadcast that “discriminated” against sexual minorities.