Karachay–Cherkessia
Cherkessk resident fined for posting a rainbow picture on social media
A court found Anastasia Melnikova guilty of displaying the symbols of an ‘extremist organisation’.
Queer Rights
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Reviews
Review | And Then We Danced — Georgian dance as queer resistance
Levan Akin’s 2019 queer love story feels as urgent as ever under Georgian Dream’s homophobic laws.
Reviews
Review | Crossing — Levan Akin takes the queer road movie beyond expectations
Levan Akin’s road movie about an odyssey from Georgia to Turkey is notably more authentic than his internationally acclaimed And Then We Danced.
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Review | Who’s Gonna Heal Our Wounds? — a clichéd look at queer feminism in Georgia
Who’s Gonna Heal Our Wounds is experimental theatre that delivers powerful feminist statements, but lacks depth and a solid dramatic structure.
Reviews
Review | Venezia — a dark comedy operating as a microcosm of Georgia
Rusudan Chkonia’s second feature film is a humorous examination of societal relations amidst Georgia’s housing crisis.
Chechnya
Head of Grozny state TV accuses Chechen emigrants of links to LGBTQ+ and Wahhabist groups
According to Chingiz Akhmadov, Chechens who left the republic simultaneously support radical Islam and are ‘gays’.
Georgia
Georgia denies entry to person with no gender marker in passport, accuses them of ‘falsifying’ ID
Lian von Salzen holds a passport with an X marker in the place of an F (female) or M (male) marker as a gender/sex designation.
