The collapse of the USSR in late 1991 inspired social science research on levels, patterns,
and trends in inequality within Russia, due to theoretical interest in how market transition …

This article explores how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual (LGBT)
people's perception of increasing conservative trends and negative public attitudes affected …

This research examined minority stress and mental health in Russian lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender (LGBT) people in young and middle adulthood (18–50 years; N= 1,127) …

In this article, we connect illiberal populism in Hungary with the instrumentalizing of
genderphobia through state policies starting from 2010. This became especially salient …

This article focuses on the everyday lives of queer people in Kazakhstan, exploring how they
express agentic power and negotiate their queer identity. This research is based on a …

This article examines the current state strategy of political homophobia used by the Russian
government to create a sense of national identity by scapegoating Russian homosexuals as" …

В этой статье рассматривается интерсекциональность как современная методология
гендерных исследований, получившая распространение и академическое признание в …

ABSTRACT A contributing factor to the current persecution of Russian non-heterosexual
individuals is Vladimir Putin's overcompensating masculinist wish to claim Russia's role as a …

We argue for analytically separating women's and LGBTQ+ rights and differentiating the
degrees of sexism and LGBTQ-phobia in Russia to better understand its conservative turn in …

Queer lives in Kazakhstan remain legally unprotected and characterised by fear and societal
homophobia. Existing research in the region indicates that the culture of shame or uyat is …