On January 7, in the District Court of Nantucket (Massachusetts), prosecutors will indict actor Kevin Spacey on charges of sexual assault. The district attorney will face him in court and will also question the victim of the attack, the son of famous Boston television personality Heather Unruh. In July 2016, he was 18 years old at the time of the incident.

In every country there is a city or state in which the largest number of queer people living feel most comfortable. There are LGBT centers there. Gay-friendly shops, entertainment venues, themed parties. Does Russia have such a “gay capital”? The author of the telegram channel “Notes of a City Gay” was looking into it. During my life, I managed to visit several cities in the country. If we don’t say that everything is very bad in this matter, then I won’t have anything to say at all.

Shaming (from shame - disgrace or literally “shame”) is the practice of purposefully shaming a person for any reason, dictated by accepted norms and stereotypes in society. Shaming comes in many forms and, as members of the community, we need to work on our own biases. Below are 11 shaming practices worth eliminating in the LGBT community. 1.