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Review | A Room of My Own — queerness and constraint in Georgia
A Room of My Own is an intimate but unfinished portrait of female friendship, desire, and self-discovery in contemporary Tbilisi.
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Daghestan
Makhachkala bookshop fined for ‘LGBT propaganda’ in books by Le Guin and Backman
This is the first such protocol in the North Caucasus against a bookshop.
Georgia
How sexual extortion turns intimacy into terror in Georgia
Criminal prosecutions related to sexual extortion cases have nearly doubled since 2020, though the real number of cases is almost certainly higher.
Daghestan
Queer Kazakh native deported from Daghestan following denunciation
The man was allegedly threatened with prosecution for distributing pornography over intimate photos sent to an acquaintance.
Chechnya
Georgia investigates circumstances of return and death of woman who fled Chechnya
Aliya Ozdamirova was buried two days after her forced return to Chechnya in November 2025.
Azerbaijan
Queer Azerbaijani influencer detained for ‘immoral activity’ on social media
Queer TikToker Salman Mammadov mainly used his social media page Velizarofficial to help people cover medical expenses.
Chechnya
Activists help queer man escape Chechnya
The human rights crisis group NC SOS said the man faced retaliation from relatives after his sexual orientation was revealed. The human rights crisis group NC SOS has reported that it has helped a young queer man from Chechnya leave Russia after, according to the organisation, he faced the threat of being killed by his relatives. The man’s name was not disclosed for security reasons. In its publication on Telegram, NC SOS claimed that the man came from an ‘influential family’ and that his sexu
