In Russia they resist, too
September 24 demonstration in Moscow against homophobia in schools, and official neglect of Russia’s school system None of the Big News about gay Russia these days comes from Russia. Perhaps that’s a...
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L: Bad but unboring Russian activist holds easily comprehensible sign, Moscow, September 25; R: Good but boring Russian activists hold signs nobody cares about, Moscow, September 24. Police equally...
View ArticleAleksei Davydov, R.I.P.
Aleksei Davydov arrested by police in Red Square this summer Aleksei Davydov died this morning, a little after 5 AM, in a Moscow hospital. He was 36 years old. I only met him twice, at Moscow Pride in...
View ArticleCultural Cold Wars: Where “traditional values” came from
“Communism destroys the family”: Spanish fascist poster, 1936. With one women screaming as the Red abducts another, the possibility that this is a lesbian family is not to be discounted. There’s...
View ArticleThe Russian issue(s)
Right-wing demonstrators attack participant (center) in a “Day of Kisses” protest against anti-propaganda bill, in front of the Russian State Duma in January: © Anton Belitsky / Ridus.ru A few good...
View ArticlePopulation panic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-feminism, and the new...
“Concerning Race Suicide,” demographic warning from Puck (US), 1903. The posh upper-class people to the left are having too much fun to have babies, while the degenerate immigrant working-class mob on...
View ArticleWhere’s Scott? Is his family ashamed of him?
Scott Lively at St. Basil’s: Silent partner No one cares where I am. My family gave up hope years ago. Lost soul that I am, this isn’t about me. No, a much bigger family just shoved its black sheep in...
View ArticleGovernment by moral panic
A separatist militiaman looks at the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. Photo: Dominique Faget/AFP I met Pim de Kuijer once or twice, perhaps, and Martine de Schutter once, I think. He lobbied...
View ArticleFashion police
Accessorized at the altar: Model Bianca Balti displays devotion in the Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter Collection. Shot by Pierpaolo Ferrari for Tatler Russia, September 2013 I agree; fashion is an...
View ArticlePaper Bird: Three years old and growing
Origami Wren by Roman Diaz, folded by Gilad Aharoni: from giladorigami.com It’s midway through this month of fundraising for A Paper Bird. Please consider giving $5, $10, $100 — whatever you can – to...
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