Identities Put to the Test of Migration: The Case of Russian Homosexuals and Bisexuals in France and Canada
Identities Put to the Test of Migration: The Case of Russian Homosexuals and Bisexuals in France and Canada

Author(s): Katia Hartmann
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Politics and Identity
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Identities; Test of Migration; Russian; Homosexuals; Bisexuals; France; Canada;
Summary/Abstract: The project to realize this research has become me for reasons that are both political and personal. On the political level, it must be remembered that in 2013, following the adoption of the law against the “propaganda of homosexuality” in St. Petersburg, amendments have been made to the federal law on the “Protection of children against information that influence their health and development”. The law against the “propaganda of non-traditional relations among minors”, adopted than, banishes any encouragement of relations between same-sex people. Following these legislative changes and the increase of discrimination and violence, more and more LGBT people have arisen the question: can they stay living in Russia or should they leave? On the personal level, in 2012, I became a volunteer of the association called Alliance of heterosexuals and LGBT for equality. By participating in public actions, I lived all the danger of “legalized” homophobia: physical aggression, moral harassment, lack of legal protection. In other words, all that people who claim equality and tolerance in totalitarian Russia.

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