I Am Queer, but Am I Safe?
#OmulFaceLocul is a project of Constanta, Clara and Mariana who live in Chișinău. As architects and urban planners, they explore different aspects of community urbanism and formulate what we, as a society, can do together to make the cities we live in a bit friendlier. A sustainable city is a safe place, one that allows movement without fear of crime, victimization, or harassment, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. Under the tagline I am queer, but am I safe? the Loc de Dialog (The Place of Dialogue) series invites queer people of Chișinău to reflect upon what their city does to ensure the safety needs of LGBTQ+ individuals. The interviews explore Chișinău’s places of vulnerability and victimization, as well as places that represent queer resistance, activism, and empowerment, as they are experienced in everyday queer lives.

In this first episode, the Loc de Dialog talks to Katisch, a decolonial activist and independent researcher, about her experiences of in/visibility as a queer woman in Chișinău.
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Drag in Armenia: An Evolution of the Artform

Guess the Fact – Queer Artist Edition

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Defying Boundaries: Azerbaijan’s Drag Star

“In Prison, They Named Me Rayhon”

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“The Most Important Thing For Me Is That My Son Is Happy”

“There Are Things One Doesn’t Choose”

“I Was Told I Had Disgraced Kazakhstan”

“If Your Protesting Hand Gets Tired, I’ll Be There To Take It”

Trans Solidarity Against Bigoted Institutions

“I Gave Up a Lot To Be Who I Am”

Influence

A Story of One Migration

In Armenia, Trans Community Faces Fear, Neglect

“If We Call the Police, They Laugh at Us”

No Trauma, No Drama. Rewriting Media LGBTQI+ Narratives

What if homophobia in Central Asia is a product of colonialism?

Russian Propaganda’s Influence on Soviet and Post-Soviet Homophobic Narratives in South Caucasus

Russian Colonialism and Homophobia in Moldova

Migration Is the Path to Freedom. A Photo Report about Sumaya

Russia’s Homophobic Law Inspires Azerbaijani Political Elites

“I Put a Lid On My Sexual Orientation, I Buried It”: Life of LGBTQ+ People in the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine

Non-traditional Values: Did Uzbekistan Inherit Homophobia and Family Concepts from Soviet Union?

Gay Pride Parade, “Dazhynki” or White March: which holiday suits “Belarusians of the future”?

Beyond Blurred Existence
