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Not only do the Russian courts ignore hate motives, but the Russian discriminatory policies marginalise queer people and erase them from public visibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe art project “Places of Interest” hosted by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"fDuvLPVllNXbzPqnpebVlGrVfebORw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pushkin-house\/\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePushkin House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBookshop in London draws attention to anti-LGBTQIA+ hate in Russia. On the bookshop wall, you can see several “postcards” with Russian cityscapes overlayed with real court excerpts describing hate-motivated attacks. The exhibition runs until 5 December.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou can collect a copy of the “Places of Interest” postcard by donating any amount to Dataout. You will find these postcards next to queer literature. One of the novels, Pioneer Summer, has been used as “evidence” in an ongoing “LGBT extremism” case against three employees of a Russian publishing house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo learn more about hate crimes and the consequences of Russian anti-LGBTQIA+ laws, check out our Grey Rainbow project website:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"fDuvLPVllNXbzPqnpebVlGrVfebORw\" href=\"http:\/\/greyrainbow.dataout.org\/\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"\u003egreyrainbow.dataout.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere are all the ways to support this work:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"white-space-pre\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"fDuvLPVllNXbzPqnpebVlGrVfebORw\" href=\"http:\/\/dataout.org\/donate\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"\u003edataout.org\/donate\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"russian-homophobia-from-stalin-to-sochi-by-dan-healey","title":"Russian Homophobia From Stalin to Sochi by Dan Healey","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExamining nine 'case histories' that reveal the origins and evolution of homophobic attitudes in modern Russia, Dan Healey asserts that the nation's contemporary homophobia can be traced back to the particular experience of revolution, political terror and war its people endured after 1917. 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