The lesbian and sapphic segment of the Russian-language Telegram is much more diverse than it might seem. There is media about culture and representation, communities for dating and support, activist projects and personal diaries in which they write about love, emigration, books, art and ordinary everyday life. We have collected channels run by lesbians and queer women. The channels are offered in alphabetical order, so this is by no means a ranking.

The website of Moscow magistrates revealed the amount and reason for fines for journalist, psychoanalyst and openly gay Karen Shainyan. The judge valued five posts in the Just Got Lucky telegram channel, divided into four cases, at 800 thousand rubles. As the Crime 6.21 channel noted , the texts of the July decisions appeared the day before on the court’s website. Roskomnadzor sent four protocols to the court at the end of the pride month.

In the Moscow region, security forces detained two teenage girls on suspicion of murdering a sixth-grader who disappeared on Wednesday. The media call them participants in the “challenge,” but some add that the suspects are in a relationship. The telegram channel Mash, associated with the security forces, reported today about the murder of a child in Orekhovo-Zuyevo. Within half an hour, a “sensation” appeared there: the suspects were lesbians.

The StardustTV platform has launched the series Rivals to Lovers , a gay melodrama about two American football players created with the help of artificial intelligence. The main characters Lucas and Dylan play on the same team and constantly compete. Lucas thinks Dylan is arrogant and is sure that he is trying to humiliate him. But it quickly becomes clear that behind their conflict lies a completely different story: Dylan has long been in love with Lucas.

The co-founder of the Kazakh feminist initiative Feminita, Gulzada Serzhan, was summoned to the Almaty Police Department due to “LGBT propaganda” in the Ten Tirshilik podcast. Two more feminists were asked to come to the police with her. As reported in Feminite, on August 24, Serzhan was informed that the next day she must report to the police department on Masanci Street, 55. According to the initiative, an employee of the Department for Combating Organized Crime contacted her.

American singer, songwriter and actress Dolly Parton died on August 25 in Nashville after a short battle with cancer. Over a nearly 60-year career, Parton has become one of country's top stars and has released dozens of hits. For generations of LGBTQ people, Parton was also a queer icon. And it wasn’t just her recognizable image and popularity among drag artists. The singer has been an outspoken advocate for the community for years.

British actor and singer Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. His death was confirmed by his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Curry died at his home in Los Angeles. In 2012, the actor suffered a severe stroke, after which he moved in a wheelchair, but continued to work and appear in public. In 2024, he returned to cinema in the horror film Stream, and a year later he released his memoirs, Vagabond. The main role in Curry's career was Dr.

The material was prepared by the team at GayOut.com , an LGBTQ+ travel guide operating since 2008. The team lives in Israel, and this is their home city: everything below is tested on themselves, and the numbers are from a database that is updated weekly. There is a short list of cities where you can hold hands without thinking. Tel Aviv stands apart in this regard for one practical reason: Russian citizens do not need a visa to enter Israel.

Moscow magistrate Alexandra Mikhaleva today issued two new fines under the article on “LGBT propaganda” to the founder and chief editor of “Guys +” Evgeny Pisemsky. Among the reasons is a broadcast about first sex. Evgeniy received information about fines in a notification from State Services. In total, the same judge has already fined the head of “Guys+” for more than 2 million rubles: “It seems I signed up for an unlimited subscription to fines.

Popular blogger and openly gay Sergei Grigoriev-Appolonov, known as Gray Wiese, spoke about his experience of domestic violence and supported people who are now facing similar experiences. He urged people not to tolerate abuse and to “choose yourself.” “I want to say to everyone who suffers domestic violence: never allow anyone to bully you, no matter how beautiful it is presented to you,” he wrote in Threads.

Personal investigation with scientific data: why most gay men are generalists, what does size anxiety have to do with it, and how long does it take to develop a role in bed.

Anna and Patrick Schneider, who moved from the European Union to Belarus several years ago because of “LGBT propaganda,” decided to return. Over the course of four and a half years, the issue of queer people appears to have become less important: families now talk about low incomes and a desire to give their children more opportunities. The story of the Schneiders at one time became almost exemplary for the Belarusian state media.

In Batumi (Georgia), rescuers found 21-year-old Dmitry Menyaev dead in the apartment where he lived. Relatives suspect that he could have been killed by other relatives from Chechnya, who demanded that Dmitry marry, probably not knowing about his trans transition. As the Russian-language news channel Tbilisi life reports , the guy’s body was discovered on August 15 by rescuers called by neighbors. They were alerted by a strong unpleasant smell.

A Moscow court ruled to deport two citizens to Turkmenistan who “demonstrated the attractiveness of non-traditional sexual attitudes” at the Sadovod market. Information about the cases appeared on the website of courts of general jurisdiction in Moscow. Two foreigners were convicted on August 20. People with men's passports wore women's clothing. The judge claims that the clothes were “accompanied” by the slogan “Freedom of choice” - but it is not clear how this slogan was voiced.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has listed journalist, writer, DJ and openly gay Miloslav Chemodanov as “foreign agents”, and together with him an openly non-hetero man, director Igor Sadreev. Also, “LGBT propaganda” was indicated by a fresh foreign agent, Natalya Kiseleva. “M.V.