Karol Radziszewski began his art publication DIK Fagazine in 2005, and has since delved into the little-known queer archives of former Soviet Union countries.
One of the wonderful things about the internet is how increasingly accessible great writing has become, so you don’t need to try to thumb through files or root through bookshelves to be inspired.
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This report finds that discrimination, homophobia and Russia’s crusade against non-traditional sexual relationships have helped fuel a worrying rise in hostility towards LGBTI human rights groups in parts of the former Soviet Union.