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Contents Foreword......................................................................... 4 Our Team ......................................................................... 6 Partners Feedback............................................................ 8 History of the Russian LGBT Network ............................... 10 Our Mission.................................................................... 12 Organizational Structure................................................. 13 Russian LGBT Network in the Russian Regions .................. 14 Collective Members......................................................... 15 Advocacy....................................................................... 16 Strategic Litigation ......................................................... 18
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Informational Campaigns ............................................... 20 Discrimination Monitoring ............................................... 22 Organizational Development............................................ 24 The Hot Line .................................................................26 Psychological Support ................................................... 28 Legal Support .............................................................. 30 Publications...................................................................32 VI Annual Conference of the Russian LGBT Network........... 34 Participation in the International Events ........................... 36 Future Development and Prospects ................................. 38 Đ?cknowledgments.......................................................... 40 Contact Information ....................................................... 42
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Foreword
Foreword by the Chairperson of the Russian LGBT Network, Mr. Igor Kochetkov Changes in the Russian legislation in 2013 - namely the so-called «propaganda of homosexuality law», the «foreign agents law», restrictions of freedom of assembly and the law prohibiting presumably homosexual foreigners from adopting children - greatly influenced the work of all human rights organizations in the country and, of course, the work of the Russian LGBT Network. On the one hand, homophobic campaigns in the mainstream mass media provoked the wave of hatred and violence against LGBT and human rights activists who dare to show their open support for LGBT rights. On the other hand, the high attention of the society paid to lesbians, gays, and bisexual and transgender people allowed achieving an extremely important goal - to attract attention to the community’s problems, to make the LGBT community visible. People who have never thought about LGBT before started to show their open support. Such groups as the Parents’ movement and the Alliance of heterosexuals for LGBT equality were formed and started their active work.
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At the same time, Russian authorities, which has just recently accepted the mere existence of LGBT in Russia do not consider community as a highly vulnerable social group. There are no social services capable of dealing adequately with the problems of the LGBT community. The law enforcement agencies often fail to perform their duties while dealing with LGBT rights violations and homophobic hate crimes. That is why in 2013, we did our best to spread the information about the services of the Network to make sure that people in need can get help, can call the Hot Line or turn to psychological counseling or legal assistance. And I believe that we succeeded: the amount of people who received our help in 2013 is 5 times bigger than the previous year. There is no denying that we still need to put many efforts to achieve our strategic goals - social changes is always uneasy and long-lasting process. However, it is important to state that by now no one can pretend that there is no LGBT community in Russia. We will continue our work and we believe that our efforts will bring the results.
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Our Team
All the achievements of the Russian LGBT Network is the result of hard work of our big and united team. There is a contribution of the central office in St. Petersburg, the work of the regional offices and collective members. And, of course, there is the priceless impact of our volunteers. We are truly grateful to everyone who made our work possible.
People have the right to be happy, people have the right to love. For some reason, in Russia one can be punished for that - punished by relatives, by law enforcement agencies, by colleagues. I hope that I can do something useful for the LGBT community, for people whose rights are violated. For example, I can provide legal consultations. And if my work can help somebody - it makes sense to do that and it should be done.
Olga (Ekaterinburg)
It is an important and very interesting mission - to be a volunteer of the Russian LGBT Network. If not us- each one of us – then who will change our life to the better?
Polina (Perm)
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When I joined the Russian LGBT Network in the very beginning of 2012, I immediately realized that my place is here, I fell in love with people, with this organization. Since then I was involved in all kinds of activities: from being a moderator of the group in the social Networks to transcribing audio materials and, you know, it is getting more and more interesting.
Andrey Speransky (St.Petersburg)
For me the Russian LGBT Network is the community of like-minded people, with whom I have common values and goals. I am a volunteer of the Network because I want to help those who in need. By now, the Network is the only interregional organization providing legal and psychological help for LGBT, and I am proud to be part of this organization.
Konstantin Milhen (Samara)
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Partners Feedback
Matthew Schaaf, Freedom House The Russian LGBT Network is an incredibly important support and advocacy network for Russia’s LGBT movement. With laws and policies, that reject the fundamental equality of everyone recently passed and under consideration, the Russian LGBT Network has quickly mobilized to support LGBT individuals and activists and blunt the consequences of these repressive policies. Freedom House considers the Russian LGBT Network a vital resource and support network for Russian LGBT people and advocates, and is proud to work with this impressive organization and its dedicated staff!
Anna Kletsina, the NGO Development Center (CRNO) It is amazing to see all the conscious efforts made by the Russian LGBT Network to achieve a considerable development, to train the members of staff. It is of great importance for the contemporary human rights organizations.
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Anna Dobrovolskaya, Youth Human Rights Movement I would like to congratulate my colleagues from the Russian LGBT Network with another one year of hard but successful work. When the familiar world is falling apart as rapidly as it is happening now, sometimes it seems that the fight is pointless. We are grateful that you keep fighting for human rights despite all the emerging difficulties. Every person belongs to the unique minority, but unfortunately, people are unwilling to remember that. That is why it is so important to support the minorities, which face numerous special difficulties and pressure. We are happy that many people from the Network participate in our educational programs, and we will be happy to proceed with our partnership in the future
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History of the Russian LGBT Network
The Russian LGBT Network is an organization with quite a long history. It begins in April 2006, when the Network was founded. In 2008, the first all-Russian conference of civil organizations in support of LGBT-movement took place and the Network was transformed into interregional social movement with its Charter, Development Strategy and managing bodies. By now, the Russian LGBT Network is the largest and the only interregional LGBT organization in the country. It provides free physiological and legal consultations for LGBT and plead cases in courts. Due to the work of the Network, such events as the International week against homophobia, the Day of silence and The Rainbow flashmob took place in Russia for the first time. The Network also managed to establish solid relationships with Russian and international human rights organizations, including Russian Human Rights Ombudsman, the United Nations, the European Commission and the European Council on Human Rights. Moreover, with the support of the Russian LGBT Network LGBT organizations and groups were formed in 20 regions of the country. There is a lot of work ahead but one can say that the Russian LGBT Network managed to create well-established infrastructure, promoting consolidation of the LGBT community and contributing to our primary goal - to ensure equal rights and respect for human dignity regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Our Mission
The Russian LGBT Network is an interregional, non-governmental human rights organization (Strategic Litigation) that promotes equal rights and respect for human dignity, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. We unite and develop regional initiatives (Regional Development, Trainings and Round Tables), advocacy groups (at both national and international levels), and provide social and legal services (Psychological and Legal Support, the Hot Line, Publications).
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Organizational Structure CONFERENCE
AUDITOR
CHAIRPERSON
REGIONAL BRANCHES: MOSCOW ST.PETERSBURG ARCHANGELSK OBLAST ASTRAKHAN OBLAST VORONEZH OBLAST KOMI REPUBLIC KRASNODAR KRAI NOVOSIBIRSK OBLAST OMSK OBLAST
BOARD, SECRETARY
COLLECTIVE MEMBERS:
PERM KRAI PRIMORSKY KRAI REPUBLIC OF KARELIA SAMARA OBLAST SVERDLOVSK OBLAST TOMSK OBLAST TYUMEN OBLAST
COMING OUT ST.PETERSBURG KRILIJA ST.PETERSBURG RAKURS ARCHANGELSK OBLAST MAKSIMUM MURMANSK OBLAST NUNTIARE ET RECREARE ST.PETERSBURG GENDER-L ST.PETERSBURG RADUZHNY DOM TYUMEN OBLAST
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Russian LGBT Network in the Russian Regions
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Collective Members
Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization for Social and Legal Services “LGBT Organization Coming Out” – St. Petersburg
Arkhangelsk Regional non-governmental LGBT Organization “Rakurs” – Archangelsk Oblast
LGBT Ministry “Nuntiare et Recreare“ – St. Petersburg
Human Rights Center “Krilija (Wings)“ – St. Petersburg
Feminist and LGBT Organization “Gender-L” – St. Petersburg
LGBT Organization “Raduzhny Dom” – Tyumen Oblast
Center for Social and Psychological Help and Judicial Aid for Victims of Discrimination and Homophobia “Maksimum“ – Murmansk Oblast
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Advocacy
In spite of all our efforts, the law, “prohibiting propaganda of homosexuality among minors” was adopted at the Federal level in 2013. However, it does not mean that the work done by many Russian LGBT organizations, including the Russian LGBT Network, was futile. The common struggle against the discriminative legislation, which started already in 2012, promoted consolidation of the LGBT community in the country. In 2013, the most influential Russian and International human rights organizations continued to voice their support for the LGBT community in Russia, activists of the Network actively participated in the national and international conferences, trainings and seminars. Moreover, in order to advance public discussion on the problem of homophobia the Russian LGBT Network together with other LGBT organizations and groups of activist organized an extensive campaign – the Week against homophobia. This campaign not only incited wide public discussion on status of LGBT in Russia, but also helped to build a coalition at non-governmental level, to mobilize LGBT community and to increase competencies of regional LGBT activists and organizations.
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The project “Week against homophobia” included: the Interregional coordination meeting for LGBT activists, the interregional awareness-raising campaign (the Week itself) and the Conference of Allies of LGBT – Parents’ Movement and Alliance of Straights for LGBT equality. Representatives of the Russian LGBT Network had regular meetings with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman and regional Ombudsmen, with the Chairperson and members of the Presidential Human Rights Committee. The information introduced in the reports of the Russian LGBT Networks was regularly cited by various intergovernmental and international human rights organizations. Representatives of various international organizations regularly published and delivered statements and appeals on the situation of the LGBT community in Russia. Two special meetings with mass media were organized in St. Petersburg: one was devoted to the beginning of the Week against Homophobia, and another one – to the meeting of the Chairperson of the Network Igor Kochetkov with the President of the United States Barack Obama. Representatives of the Russian LGBT-Network participated in the meetings of relevant UN Committees Various reports on the status of LGBT in Russia were prepared by or with the support of the Network: an Alternative report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Network became the first Russian LGBT organization invited to work with the Committee during the presession), an Annual report on Hate Crimes in the Region (OSCE). A lot of work was done to promote the report of the Network within the framework of the UN Universal Periodic Review – as a result, representatives of various countries proposed 15 recommendations regarding LGBT; the Russian side adopted some of them. The Russian LGBT Network provided information on the implementation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Russia (case Alekseyev v. Russia).
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Strategic Litigation
Taking into account the increasing number of difficulties in the work of LGBT activists it is not surprising that the strategic litigation is becoming very important part of the Network’s work. Strategic litigation is an instrument, which can tackle discrimination and is of great importance for the all LGBT movement in the country.
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Our achievements in 2013 ◼◼ The lawyers of the Network plead the case of the attack on LGBT activists in Voronezh in the court. The activists participated in the protest demonstration against the adoption of the Federal «propaganda law» on January 20, 2013. Ten people participated in the protest action - few hundreds came to support the law. The LGBT activists were attacked, and one of the perpetuators was condemned to 2 months of social works. Despite the fact that the hate motive was not taken into account, this conviction became the first case in the Russian history when the court convicted the interrogator for the attack on LGBT-activists. ◼◼ The lawyers of the Network won the case of the attack on the members of the Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality, which happened June 12, 2012 in St. Petersburg. The activists were attacked while heading to the metro station after the participation in the demonstration. Five people were injured. One of the perpetuators was found guilty for hooliganism, and was convicted to 5 months of corrective works with 5% withholding of salaries. ◼◼ The lawyers of the Network initiated the proceedings regarding the attack on the community center LaSky in St. Petersburg. On November 3, 2013, the two unknown attacked the participants of the so-called «Rainbow Coffee-drinking». As a result, two guests of this event were injured and one of them, Dmitry Chizevsky, lost one eye. The perpetuators were never found. The lawyer of Dmitry filed a motion to re-qualify this case and to include the hate crime motive.
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Informational Campaigns
Every year the Russian LGBT Network initiates and coordinates big informational campaigns. In 2013, the Week against homophobia and transphobia with the motto ÂŤIt is high time to sayÂť became the key campaign of the Network. Within the framework of this campaign the press conference for journalists was organized, the informational materials and videos were distributed all over the country. Moreover, in 15 regions of Russia more than 70 various events were organized.
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Within the framework of the Week against homophobia and transphobia
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The unique style of the Week was designed.
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6 videos were produced: in these videos Russian celebrities spoke up to support the LGBT community. Andrey Makarevich, Lolita Milyavskaya, Julia Kogan, Maria Cherkunova and Ekaterina Samutsevich took part in the filming. More than 20 000 people watched the videos.
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10 000 chocolate bars and 9 000 postcards designed for the Campaign were distributed.
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More than 100 publications emerged in the mass media.
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More than 1500 people all over Russia took part in the various events of the Week.
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Discrimination Monitoring
In 2013, the Network conducted a quantitative research on human rights violations and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; more than 2000 worksheets were collected. The research clearly demonstrated that human rights violations and discrimination in 2013 were systematic and overwhelming: - 53 % of respondents faced psychological violence; - 15% of respondents faced physical violence; - 19% of respondents faced the disclosure of their personal data; - 38% respondents faced the employment problems because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The findings of the research were used in the report to the UN Committee on the Right of the Child. With the support of the sociologist Alisa Zhabenko, the research on the influence of the «propaganda laws» on members of the LGBT community was conducted; 1806 people participated in the research. The research demonstrated that the adoption of the «propaganda laws» provoked heated discussions on the LGBT-related topics on the internet; the number of statements in support of LGBTcommunity has also increased. At the same time, it turned out, that the majority of people prefers to discuss the LGBT-related issues not publicly, but among friends. However, the adoption of the «propaganda laws» provoked widespread discussion on human rights in the LGBT community.
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Did the so-called «propaganda law» affect your general state?
Yes, I feel much better now – 20 (1%) Yes, I feel much worse now – 380 (21%) Yes, there are some changes in my psychological state – 804 (46%) Yes, there are some changes, but they are not connected with the legislation – 72 (4%) No, nothing has changed – 454 (25%) I do not know – 75 (4%)
Moreover, nearly 50% of respondents pointed to the changes in the psychosocial atmosphere: it was connected mostly to the growth of depressions and fear for relatives and for the future. «The common impression is that the physiological state of the respondents became more depressive, the uncertainty about the future increased, and there is also a growth of fears related sexual orientation.» The findings of the research were used in the report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and in the Moscow Helsinki Group Report on violations of human rights in Russia in 2013
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Organizational Development
The organizational development program was established in 2012. The main goal of the program is to advance the capabilities of the activist groups and individuals in different regions of the country. The participants of the program were chosen on a competitive system. In 2013, 6 Russian regions participated in the program: Astrakhan, Samara, Ekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Perm and Novosibirsk.
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The main achievements in 2013 ◼◼ Representatives of the selected regional groups of activists took part in the Skype-conferences. It was done in order to evaluate the potential of the activist groups and to define the areas of work. As a result, an individual training program was composed for each region. ◼◼ 20 trainings were delivered in 7 regions. The trainings were devoted to the strategic planning, work with volunteers, informational campaigns and fundraising. Staff members of the Russian LGBT Network and experienced trainers delivered the workshops. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, each training was followed by the evaluation. ◼◼ The book “Guidelines for LGBT activists” was written. This book includes information on how to form the activist group, how to plan the activities, how to organize social services for LGBT and other important information. ◼◼ In order to facilitate the cooperation between the regional branches of the Network, the new format of cooperation was established – the Interregional Coordination Council. It consists of the elected representatives of the regional offices and collective members. The main task of the Council is to support the activities in the regions. ◼◼ In 4 regions participating in the organizational development program the operative and strategic work plans were created. ◼◼ In some regions, an active work with LGBT community began - in Astrakhan and Krasnodar the groups of activists started to organize the events for the community. ◼◼ For the first time, members of the team of trainers and facilitators were involved in the work with the regions.
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The Hot Line
The Hot Line is one of the key projects of the Russian LGBT Network; it was established already in 2010. Due to the work of the Hot Line, people all over the country can get primary legal or physiological consultation for free any time, 24/7.
The Hot Line: 8 800 555-08-68 Why do people call the Hot Line of the Russian LGBT Network? - I am a transgender person and because of that I was denied medical help in the hospital. What can I do? - I was attacked and the police refused to register my case. What shall I do? - My son is gay. I worry so much about that! How can I support him? - My husband and I plan to have a baby but I think that he is in relationships with a man... I have never thought that I can face a situation like that and I just do not know what to do... - I live in a very small town and there is no clubs or community centers for gays and lesbians. How can I find Like-minded people?
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The main achievements in 2013 ◼◼ The volunteers of the Hot Line received 5005 calls from all over the country. Subsequently, 539 people received additional legal or psychological consultations. ◼◼ 57 volunteers worked on the Hot Line: 29 people in St. Petersburg and 28 - in Moscow. ◼◼ In order to train new volunteers two Trainings in Moscow and St. Petersburg were organized. 47 people took part in the trainings devoted to the basics of counselling, work with LGBT and many other things. ◼◼ As a result of the trainings, 30 new volunteers joined the team of the Hot Line. ◼◼ The line started to work in the dual channel mode. ◼◼ New trainers started to work with the volunteers. ◼◼ 24 meeting for the volunteers of the Hot Line, two special events to prevent the emotional burn out and two common meetings for the volunteers from Moscow and St. Petersburg were organized.
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Psychological Support
In 2014, the physiological support program of the Russian LGBT Network was realized in many Russian cities: St. Petersburg, Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Ekaterinburg, Murmansk,
Novosibirsk, Omsk, Petrozavodsk, Samara, Tomsk, Tyumen.
More than 30 experienced psychologists free from homophobia worked with the Network.
Why do LGBT in Russia need physiological support, and which problems do they face? - I do not know how to come out to my parents.... - I told to my parents that I am bisexual, and they do not let me to go out with my friends any more.... - We have been living together for 5 years. Now we have many conflicts and I am afraid that we will have to break up... Can we fix it? - I am transsexual and my gender identity does not comply with my documents. Because of that, I cannot find any job. I am so exhausted... - I do not know who I am. Am I lesbian or bisexual? Or even transgender? How can I find out?
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The main areas of work of the philological support program in 2013 ◼◼ Work with the survivors of hate crimes: our psychologists provided 116 consultations for LGBT, who faced such crimes. ◼◼ Distant consultations: 11 phycologists provided more than 370 consultations. ◼◼ Special consultations for transgender people. For some years, the Network cooperates with a transgender psychologist who provides consultations “pair to pair”. In 2013, this psychologist provided 388 consultations for 34 clients. ◼◼ Consultations given by mother of a gay-son. These consultations are especially important for parents having difficulties with the acceptance of their children’s homosexuality. In the first half of 2013, 47 consultations were provided. In the second half of 2013, the Parents’ movement was formed. ◼◼ The phycologists of the Network also participated in the trainings for the volunteers of the Hot Line, various seminars, round tables and conferences. Some work was done to provide more information about LGBT specific needs to other psychologists.
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Legal Support The legal support program of the Russian LGBT Network aimed at providing legal support and increasing of legal literacy of the LGBT community in Russia. The lawyers of the Network provides consultations on the cases, related to sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2013, the lawyers of the Network received and worked out 245 requests for legal help.
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The number of legal consultations delivered in 2013 is 6 times bigger than in 2012.
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In 2013, 19 volunteers from 9 regions of Russia participated in the program: from St. Petersburg, Tyumen, Samara, Nahodka, Barnaul, Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk. All the lawyers regularly participated in the trainings and seminars.
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In 2013, the lawyers of the Network delivered face-to-face and remote consultations. The requests were collected throw the Hot Line of the Russian LGBT Network, through the on-line form on the official website of the Network and by mails.
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The number of requests from various regions was growing constantly in 2013. The requests for help related to public events organization were also frequent - the lawyers of the Network participated in the documents preparation process and provided urgent consultations in the case of arrest (for example, in cooperation with LGBT organization Coming Out, such urgent consultations were delivered to the participants of the Fourth St. Petersburg Pride).
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Publications
1. Internal homophobia. Do I afraid of myself? - Maria Sabunaeva 2. The problems of lesbians, gays and bisexual and transgender people in Russia in 2011-2012. The results of the research - edited by Valery Sozaev 3. The Annual report of the Russian LGBT Network - 2012 4. The Alternative report - 2013 Interregional Social Movement Russian LGBT Network to the UN Committee on the Rights of Child, in addition to the Fourth and Fifth Periodic reports by the Russian Federation CRC/C/RUS/4-5 – Мaria Kozlovskaya 5. LGBT in Russia – edited by Vitus Media 6. Report on implementation of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity by Russia – Ksenia Kirichenko, Valery Sozaev 7. Antidiscrimination strategies. Experience and perspectives - The materials of the international conference (Russia, St. Petersburg, October 26-27, 2012) 8. Hate crimes against LGBT in Russia: theory and reality - Dmitry Dubrovsky, Maria Kozlovskaya
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VI Annual Conference of the Russian LGBT Network
November 2-4, Moscow Annual Conference is the supreme managing body of the Russian LGBT Network and at the same time, the biggest LGBT forum in Russia bringing together people working on the human rights and equality issues in Russia. Traditionally, the Sixth Conference of the Network became the forum to exchange experience for LGBT-activists from different regions of the country, partners of the Network and representatives of various Russian and international human rights organizations. Moreover, during the Conference many informational and educational events took place including master-classes on discrimination monitoring, work with hate crimes, organization of events, and work with social networks, advocacy and informational security. In addition, as the part of the Conference an introductory course of the International school on human rights took place. During the Conference, the results of the work in 2013 were sum up. Despite the pressure of the authorities and members of homophobic groups, the Russian LGBT Network managed to keep its positions in the regions. New regional branch was established in Moscow. Moreover, the Conference approved the new concept of the structural reform of the organization. The Sixth Conference also had its distinctive feature – it ceased to be an internal event of the Russian LGBT Network and finally became a forum, which is open for LGBT activists, organizations and initiatives regardless of their attachment to the Network. The Sixths Conference took place due to the support of the Oak Foundation and Front Line Defenders.
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Participation in the International Events
◼◼ Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Oslo, April 2013) ◼◼ The UN side event on Criminalization of human rights defenders in Russia (Geneve, March 2013) ◼◼ Conference on Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender rights in Europe (Paris, March 2013) ◼◼ The pre-session meeting of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneve, June 2013) ◼◼ Salzburg global seminar on LGBT and human rights (Salzburg, June 2013) ◼◼ Meeting of the Chairperson of the Russian LGBT Network Igor Kochetkov with the President of the United States of America Barack Obama (St. Petersburg, September 2013) ◼◼ ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference 2013 (Zagreb, October 2013) ◼◼ The Round table on the rights of lesbians in Europe, European Parliament (Brussel, November 2013)
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Future Development and Prospects
The Russian LGBT Network will continue its work to ensure equal rights and respect for human dignity regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. Even though the adoption of the law “prohibiting propaganda of homosexuality among minors� incepted a new wave of hatred against LGBT, it also consolidated the community. The Network will further promote the consolidation and strengthening of the LGBT community by organizing various trainings and seminars for activists and by creating new regional branches and resource centers in the regions. For us it is crucially important to be sure that people all over the country can access necessary social services – legal and psychological aid, and opportunity to join the community. Moreover, the Russian LGBT Network will make every effort to force the government to fulfil its duties in the human rights area, because by now even the mere possibility of adequate work of every human rights organization, and especially LGBT rights organization, is under the threat. Another one goal of great importance is to be make sure that the law enforcement agencies and the courts take homophobic hate crimes seriously. The Russian law and Russian society should consider hate crimes as a serious threat for everyone, and they should be investigated and punished accordingly.
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Аcknowledgments We are grateful to those who supported our work in 2013 Regional Branches and collective members of the Russian LGBT Network Russian Human Rights Organizations: Moscow Helsinki Group (Moscow) Anti-Discrimination Center (ADC) “Memorial” (St. Petersburg) JURIX Lawyers for Constitutional Rights and Freedoms (Moscow) The NGO Development Center (St. Petersburg) Human Rights Resource Centre (St. Petersburg) Inter-regional Association of Human Rights Organizations «Agora» (Kazan) LGBT Organizations: Rainbow Association (Moscow) Transgender Legal Defense Project, Rainbow Foundation (Moscow) LGBT Sport Federation (Moscow) Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival (St. Petersburg)
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International Organizations: Youth Human Rights Movement ILGA-Europe Amnesty International Open Society Foundation Civil Rights Defenders Freedom House Sigrid Rausing Trust Oak Foundation Stiftung ÂŤErinnerung, Verantwortung und ZukunftÂť (EVZ) Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD) Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum (COC)
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Contact Information
Postal address of the Headquarter: 191040 St. Petersburg, Ligovsky prosp. 87, office 509 Contact Phone: +7 (812) 454-64-52 Contact e-mail addresses: General address: info@lgbtnet.ru Chairperson: igor@lgbtnet.ru Board: secretary@lgbtnet.ru Auditor: ruslan.zuev@lgbtnet.ru Auditor: legalhelp@lgbtnet.ru Psychological Aid: psychology@lgbtnet.ru Public Relations: media@lgbtnet.ru
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Contact addresses of Regional Branches: Moscow msk@lgbtnet.ru St.Petersburg spb@lgbtnet.ru Archangelsk Oblast ahg@lgbtnet.ru Astrakhan Oblast asr@lgbtnet.ru Voronezh Oblast vrn@lgbtnet.ru Komi Republic scw@lgbtnet.ru Krasnodar Krai kdr@lgbtnet.ru Novosibirsk Oblast nsk@lgbtnet.ru Omsk Oblast oms@lgbtnet.ru Perm Krai prm@lgbtnet.ru Primorsky Krai vvo@lgbtnet.ru Samara Oblast sam@lgbtnet.ru Sverdlovsk Oblast ebg@lgbtnet.ru Tomsk Oblast tom@lgbtnet.ru Tyumen Oblast tjm@lgbtnet.ru
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