New East Digital Archive

Lgbtq

The street fitness movement defying Poland’s conservative mainstream

The street fitness movement defying Poland’s conservative mainstream

Nureyev lifts the curtain on the ecstasy and tragedy of Russia’s greatest male ballet dancer | Film of the Week

Nureyev lifts the curtain on the ecstasy and tragedy of Russia’s greatest male ballet dancer | Film of the Week

Surrealist novel The Fleeting City takes down Armenia’s social taboos | Calvert Reads

Surrealist novel The Fleeting City takes down Armenia’s social taboos | Calvert Reads

The latest drop of Russian indie band Sansara bears the message: ‘Love is everyone’s right’

The latest drop of Russian indie band Sansara bears the message: ‘Love is everyone’s right’

The Lawyer is a revolutionary representation of queer love in modern-day Lithuania | Film of the Week

The Lawyer is a revolutionary representation of queer love in modern-day Lithuania | Film of the Week

Matvey Cherry’s latest music video is an ode to queer self-expression

Matvey Cherry’s latest music video is an ode to queer self-expression

Queer Budapest: new book celebrates the LGBTQ+ history that the Hungarian government wants to erase

Queer Budapest: new book celebrates the LGBTQ+ history that the Hungarian government wants to erase

Queer Budapest: Hungarian artists on uniting the LGBTQ+ scene as islands in an ocean of oppression

Queer Budapest: Hungarian artists on uniting the LGBTQ+ scene as islands in an ocean of oppression

Vagina Matters: how a Bulgarian sex ed book triggered national outrage

Vagina Matters: how a Bulgarian sex ed book triggered national outrage

Queer homes: a glimpse into the domestic lives of Russia’s LGBTQ+ community

Queer homes: a glimpse into the domestic lives of Russia’s LGBTQ+ community

5 Instagram accounts flying the flag for queer Russian love

5 Instagram accounts flying the flag for queer Russian love

Bold and intimate: 2 poems by queer and feminist Russian poets

Bold and intimate: 2 poems by queer and feminist Russian poets

Russia’s queer revolution: reclaiming the not-so-hidden history of the LGBTQ+ underground

Russia’s queer revolution: reclaiming the not-so-hidden history of the LGBTQ+ underground

‘We don’t have a hero yet’: the LGBTQ and feminist activists fighting for liberation in the Caucasus

‘We don’t have a hero yet’: the LGBTQ and feminist activists fighting for liberation in the Caucasus

Welcome to Chechnya: filming the battle to save LGBTQ Russians from an ‘anti-gay purge’

Welcome to Chechnya: filming the battle to save LGBTQ Russians from an ‘anti-gay purge’

Kontrola: the LGBTQ TV show breaking into Poland’s mainstream via YouTube

Kontrola: the LGBTQ TV show breaking into Poland’s mainstream via YouTube

The Russian drag artists who could win RuPaul’s Drag Race

The Russian drag artists who could win RuPaul’s Drag Race

This photography project shines a spotlight on Russian artists and activists in a time of crisis

This photography project shines a spotlight on Russian artists and activists in a time of crisis