Coming Out

[ 25/06/2010; 19:00:00 to 21:00:00. 19:00:00 to 21:00:00. ]

Dear friends,

On Friday, June 25, 2010 at 19.00 within the ComingOutInfo project an open lecture “History of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement in the West”,will be given by Valery Sozaev. This event will mark the Rainbow Flag Day (June 26) and the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (June 27-28). This meeting will be interesting not only for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders, but also for everybody who pursues an interest in social movements of the XX century and in the issue of civil activeness.

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On June 1 in the Smolninsky district court of St. Petersburg the hearing on the application of the LGBT Organisation “Coming Out”, whose representatives challenged the authorities decision to prohibit a picket against homophobia. The settlement of grievance was declined by the court, but the human rights activists already stated that they will appeal the decision in the City court.

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[ 29/05/2010; 18:00:00 to 21:00:00. 18:00:00 to 21:00:00. ]

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We invite you to join the “Friends against Homophobia” video-event, dedicated to the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (May 17).

We encourage all the LGBT and their friends to make video messages against homophobia. The simplest scenario of such message is: “My best friend is a lesbian, and I want her to live in a world without homophobia!”. You can film your message with a mobile phone, webcam or professional camera - it does not matter.

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Dear friends!

We invite you to join the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (the 17^th of May).

On this day in 1990 the World Health Organization under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Organization excluded homosexuality from the list of diseases. According to the statistics about one third of Russia citizens still don’t know that homosexuality is not a disease.

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (the 17^th of May) has to draw people’s attention to the problem of homophobia and transphobia in the whole world. In more than 80 countries of the world homosexuality is still a crime. In some cases the law prescribes a life sentence. In seven countries it may be a death penalty. Even in the countries where homosexuality is not prohibited by law, discrimination and physical abuse occur more than just often.

The situation is even worse for transgender people who are more vulnerable, and lesbians who are invisible. In some countries there can be observed some improvements but they are unstable yet. In other countries the situation is worsening year by year.

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On April 24 and 25, 2010 there was Day of Silence in Russia. Day of Silence is an international protest against discrimination, harassment and abuse faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders (LGBTs) and the silencing of these problems.

This year 31 city participated in the Day Of Silence in one way or another: Abakan, Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Voronezh, Vyborg, Glazov, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Kirov, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novokuznetsk, Oboyan, Omsk, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Samara, St. Petersburg, Severodvinsk, Syktyvkar, Tyumen, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk, Cherepovets. For the first time Ukraine took part in the Day Of Silence this year. It was held in Kharkov.

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