RUSSIA'S QUEER ARTISTS FIGHT GROWING PERSECUTION
(Stuart Braun's article appeared on DW, 1/16/24.) Russia under Vladimir Putin is again demonizing LGBTQ persons, calling them "extremists." But Russia's queer artists are finding ways to express themselves " even if in exile. In 2020, the world was heralding a new wave of queer creativity in Russia, a state that had outlawed much LGBTQ cultural life. […]