Кто сохраняет квир-историю России

In Russia's official history, queer people don't exist. Their lives and struggles for visibility are erased from the archives. This only reinforces the Kremlin's myth of LGBT people as "foreign imports" from the West. But despite homophobic laws and repression, activists and artists are creating their own archives and rescuing queer artifacts: from 19th-century porcelain figurines to samizdat publications from the 1990s. Our new video explains how Russia preserves the memory of LGBTQ+ people for future generations. *This article mentions the "LGBT movement," whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation. Read more about queer archives on our website: 🔸Main link: https://semnasem.org/articles/2026/04... 🔸Without a VPN connection: https://flamboyant-johns-772172.appsp... 00:00 Queer history as a fight for visibility 01:59 The first offline LGBTQ+ museum in Russia 04:02 How queer memory is preserved despite repression 08:17 How the authorities purged archives after the total ban on LGBTQ+ 09:29 Preservation Queer history is important for all Russians 10:27 Why archives about queer people's lives are needed 11:20 How the internet helps convey experiences 13:01 Preserving forbidden memories Support 7x7: 👉 with a foreign card: on Patreon   / membership   👉 all support methods, including cryptocurrency https://support.semnasem.org Follow us on social media Telegram https://t.me/horizontal_russia Instagram*   / 7x7_horizontal_russia   Facebook*   / 7x7journal   TikTok   / 7x7_horizontal_russia   *The activities of Meta Platforms Inc. are prohibited in the Russian Federation