Russia News and Stories
Dear users, We were recently informed of a request to remove the Hornet app from the App Store. We’re already working closely with all involved parties to better understand the situation and how we can restore the app as usual. While this work is ongoing, we’re making sure our community[…]
Pink Summits, a campaign organized by queer mountaineers, is taking LGBTQ visibility to new heights. The mission is straightforward: Climb the highest mountains of each continent (the Seven Summits) and plant a rainbow flag at the top of each one. On the way, document the journey, organize climbing activist workshops[…]
A shelter in Makhachkala, Russia, for domestic survivors was raided on the evening of June 10 and resulted in the kidnapping of a young LGBTQ woman. Khalimat Taramova, originally from the Chechen Republic capital of Grozny, had fled Chechnya to this safe house in fear for her life. A victim of[…]
April 1, 2021, marks four years since the world at large was first made aware of Chechnya’s gay purge — atrocities committed against LGBTQ people within the Russian republic’s borders, a horrific, ongoing stratagem of abduction, detainment, torture and murder. Gradually rebuked by Western governments over the years as first-hand[…]
