Just a few kilometers from the Norwegian-Russian border, Barents Pride is being held for the 8th time this weekend. Several Russians and Norwegians have come to Kirkenes to participate in the event, but this year this has become extra challenging for Russian activists. – Our situation has deteriorated quite significantly, and there is a clear negative trend in connection with the laws that the authorities in Russia have adopted, says “Maria”. She is an LGBTQ activist and still lives in Russia. “Maria” wishes to remain anonymous for reasons of her own safety. Several activists took part in the pride’s annual demonstration at the Norwegian-Russian border at Storskog. Photo: Kristina Kalinina / news What is LGBT+? LGBT+ is an abbreviation for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, plus people with variation in physical gender development/intersex people, queer people/queer people and other people who break norms for gender and sexuality. The term LGBT+ embraces terms related to sexual orientation (lhbq), gender identity
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Several Russian LGBTQ+ activists are participating in this year’s Barents Pride – news Troms and Finnmark
