The project of the investigative group "Woman. Prison. Society" about homosexuality and the penal system of the USSR and Russia — "The Outcasts"

We collected people's testimonies about repressions against homosexuality in the USSR, post-Soviet time and nowadays.

Psychiatrist Ksenia saved gays from prisons in the Soviet years. Robert was condemned in Armenia for the "wrong" love in the ninetieth. Slava spent 15 years in Russian zones in the status of "offended". Nina met her love in prison. Oleg — a victim of a gang of "gay hunters". He was withdrawn from the election and sentenced for relationship with a minor. Famous homophobe Timur Bulatov calls for the return of a criminal article against "sodomy". 

Read these and another stories, study the historical information and the current situation of LGBT in prisons, draw conclusions along with our experts.

http://women-in-prison.ru/outcasts