Coming Out

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.