Bizarre Quote by Masha Gessen

Russia, at the start of the 21st century, at least in its larger cities, very much resembled the United States of the early 1990s:…

— Masha Gessen

Most Russians believe they've never met an LGBT person in their lives. Also they immediately see LGBT people as 'other,' lending to the success…

— Masha Gessen

Being LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) in Russia is anything but fun.

— Conchita Wurst

Were there open gays and lesbians before the West started influencing Russia? No, there weren't. In fact, the most out person in the country,…

— Masha Gessen

I'm hoping my presence alone in Russia will be a show of strength for the Russian LGBT community,

— Johnny Weir

By the mid-noughties, I found that I was no longer the only openly gay person in every setting. At one point, a couple of…

— Masha Gessen

For years I was the only publicly out gay person who was not a full-time gay activist: my position as a quasi-foreigner gave me…

— Masha Gessen

“The Russian anti-gay campaign, which associates European and American power with the hidden hand of the gay international, was targeted to the Muslim world…

— Timothy Snyder

It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding for…

— Emma Goldman

I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive…

— Wilson Cruz

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that in Russia, unlike in one third of the world's countries, being gay is…

— Vladimir Putin