Gay ussr

Response to Information Request Number:. The essay ended up being quite long, what with the description of the landscape, the way essays were meant to be. What will your parents say? Gay men had been part of a distinct underground community in Russia long before the revolution and they recognised each other by the "secret language" of fashion. However, conspiracy to commit or assist homosexual acts remained an offence. Just like the old regime, the USSR ignored lesbianism, paying attention only to gay males. For ordinary Soviet homosexuals, it meant living in fear, ignored by society and having to hide. After Afanasy Shaur's plot to ensnare "counter-revolutionaries" with his spectacular gay marriage ceremony, there were no more high-profile weddings or arrests like this in the s.

During World War II , some Yugoslav Partisans issued several death sentences during the war against partisans whose homosexuality was revealed. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Although the topic of homosexuality was practically unmentionable, some references to homosexuality could be found in Soviet sex education manuals for young people and their parents. Grigory Kotoshikhin recorded during the reign of Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich , who began the process of the Europeanization and modernization of Russia, [1] [ better source needed ] that male homosexuals were put to death and also states that female homosexuals are also put to death by burning.