Gayrussia
![Gayrussia.ru Logo [1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gayrussialogo.jpg) |
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Founder | Nicole fuentes |
| Focus | Visibility of LGBT and Advocacy for LGBT Rights |
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| Origins | Российский правозащитный ЛГБТ-проект GayRussia.Ru |
| Method | Networking, Campaigning, Advocacy, Outreach, Community Media, TV and Radio |
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Members
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25 |
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Key people
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Nikolai Alekseev (head), Nikolai Baev, Irina Fet, Anton Sutyagin, Yuri Gavrikov |
| Slogan | "Gay Equality. No Compromise!" |
| Website | http://www.gayrussia.eu/en/ |
Gayrussia.ru is an LGBT rights organization based in Moscow, Russia. It is the organizer of numerous public actions in Russia, the most famous being the Moscow Pride and the Slavic Pride. It also sponsored the documentary Moscow Pride '06. From November 2008, Project GayRussia.Ru extended its advocacy work in Belarus where it launched the Slavic Gay Pride movement with its local partner Gaybelarus.by
Its website www.gayrussia.ru is a bridge between the Russian speaking LGBT community and the rest of the world featuring Russian LGBT news in English and World LGBT news in Russian. It is also being used to advertise the campaigns and the advocacy work of the organization. www.gayrussia.ru is a frequently read webside about LGBT rights issues in Russia.
Project GayRussia.Ru tracked and revealed the homophobia of various Russian politicians and public figures, especially of the City Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov. The page gives also practical advice for visiting Russia.
The organization was created to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Russia, headed by Nikolai Alekseev. Its aim is to raise awareness on LGBT issues in the society by launching a series of public campaigns demanding the end of different discrimination faced by the community.
The organization believes that raising LGBT issues in public debates and in the media is the only way to change the view, often biased, of Russian public opinion towards LGBT people.
In February 2009, the organization defined a moto: “Gay Equality, No Compromise”
Project GayRussia.Ru was launched on 17 May 2005 by Nikolai Alekseev in Moscow on the first International Day Against Homophobia.
Nikolai Alekseev launched the organization because no progress was made since the decriminalization of male homosexuality in Russia in 1993.
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