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NEWS:

The time for the Third GLBT movie festival ”Bok-o-Bok” in Saint Petersburg is fixed

Recently the organizers of the "Bok-o-Bok" ("Side by side") queer movie festival in S-Pb have announced that 3rd queer movie festival would be held on 15-23 October this year in Saint Petersburg.

During the festival around 40 films from all over the world are on the show-list on its numerous scenes.

· 16/08/2010 Levada-Center poll: During the last five years anti-gay mood in Russia is strengthening

· 16/08/2010 Success of the Exhibition “Rudolf Nureyev. Threads of Time” in Saint Petersburg

· 06/08/2010 At Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010, Russians Represented in 6 Sports

· 04/08/2010 LGBT Christians from Europe and Asia meet in Kiev on September

· 03/08/2010 The 30th Edition of the Russian Lesbian Newspaper “Pinx” – 5 Years of Publication

· 03/08/2010 Lesbian prose 2010 collection has united creativity of 12 writers

· 29/07/2010 Murderer of Kaliningrad blogger is sentenced to 11,5 years

ARTICLES:

14 May

· It is natural to dance
More and more people go to pair dance studios to learn skills of tango, salsa, hustle dances. Very often this move totally changes their lives. But where to go to learn dancing for two ladies? Well, Moscow has a place to go – it is “3dance studio” - the first dance school for special girls, as we are. Its organizers – Las and Dem tell to the “Pinx” paper how they have managed it.

4 January

· Petersburg is responsible for...
The tolerance level towards LGBT people among citizens of the Northern Russian Capital has showed gradual increase in recent months

23 December

· Eastern Europe Gays' Sexual Behavior More Unsafe
Researchers found that sexual behavior of gay men from Eastern Europe is more unsafe than of their Southern colleagues

10 November

· Carrying One’s Cross
Only one week ago, Arseny turned 35. He is medium height, with an unathletic figure, he has thick, wavy hair, so he wears it very short. He has deep-set grey eyes, a small nose, thin lips and a chin that resembles someone who is strong-willed. You cannot call Arseny handsome by any means, perhaps because of the “beard” that he wears, possibly for some other reason.

14 July

· Kiev’s “Queer Week”: We didn’t invite journalist, we worked for the community
The conclusion of Spring brought to Kiev a repeat of the festival “Queer Week.” Through the use of art techniques, the group wanted to illustrate the wide differences that exist in our society.

17 September

· "My Happy Family". Documentary
"My Happy Family" is a documentary examining challenges of lesbian motherhood in Russia. The film focuses on the first stage of parenthood - family planning - along with the decision making process of giving birth to a child in a same-sex family, and a consideration of the options available to lesbian couples in Russia.

1 September

· The history of Gay.Ru
Gay.Ru, a non-for-profit Moscow-based gay, lesbian and transgender group has existed since 1996. It started as a discussion group under the name Fido7.Ru.Sex.Gay in the amateur messaging network FIDO. This was the first ever forum where Russian-speaking gays could discuss their problems.