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Queer people in the Caucasus face a number of challenges — discrimination, physical and sexual abuse, and blackmail. For months, activists have watched in horror the persecution of gay men in Chechnya; however, their lives had already been in danger for some time. OC Media spoke to a transgender woman from Grozny, who shared some of her experiences and talked with us about what is happening in the republic. [Read more…]
A group of human rights activists in Daghestan have been working to help queer people in Chechnya, following reported mass detentions and killings of suspected queer men in the republic. [Read more…]
Chechen authorities launched a major operation targeting suspected queer men in late March, according to Russian daily Novaya Gazeta. Reportedly, more than a hundred men were detained and at least three were killed. [Read more…]
Nata (Scott McCulloch/ OC Media)
Transgender woman, activist, and sex worker, ‘Nata’, shares stories of living in a society where homo- and transphobia is deeply entrenched, with the threat of violence and murder constantly looming. [Read more…]
Four transgender women were beaten up by unidentified individuals in one of the central streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, the Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) reported on 7 February. [Read more…]
The man convicted of murdering transgender woman Zizi Shekiladze was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in jail by the Tbilisi City Court. [Read more…]
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