In the end of February the School of LGBT activists of Siberia was opend in Tomsk. The Russian LGBT Network gathered together in this West Siberian city representatives of several gay initiative groups and organizations from five Siberian cities: Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Tyumen and Kemerovo. Around two dosens of "students" attended this LGBT School's lessons.

These trainings have become regular. A month ago activists from Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Orenburg, Ulianovsk and Saint-Petersburg gathered on Moscow.

The first all Russian School for GLBT activists was opened in August 2008 and the second - in October 2009.

The Russian LGBT Network unites today 15 regional LGBT organizations and the number of its supporters and participants is constantly getting higher.

English translation presented by Yerdna Bananes