Anastasiia Fedorova

With events across the city under threat, a member of Klub Verboten's community discusses the importance of preserving safe spaces for play.

In 'Atom', photographer Ekaterina Bazhenova-Yamasaki and brand Fleet Ilya offer an intimate reflection on fetishwear.

Proposed under the guise of “strengthening the institution of family”, the Russian government’s latest anti-LGBTQ+ move will drastically affect the livelihoods of its trans citizens. Here’s how you can help.

Through her project, Pur·suit, Naima Green builds a rich, nuanced picture of what Black LGBTQ+ life looks like in Brooklyn today, so that no one can deny its existence tomorrow.

The 27-year-old artist is facing six years in prison for distributing “pornographic material” online. We speak to members of the country’s feminist and LGBTQ+ creative communities about why what happens next is a watershed moment for Russia’s youth.

Nick Gavrilov and Generation Z’s Project X shows how sex has become an act of protest against the country’s stern morality codes.

Drawing inspiration from the history of the lesbian and non-binary communities, Ella Boucht is advancing the conversation around ‘butch’ identity through fashion.

From dreamy 80s-inspired pop to sweaty basement raves, the country’s LGBT+ music and nightlife scene is changing how the world looks at Russian youth.

Tracing the stories of three protagonists in Moscow, Berlin and New York, Nadia Bedzhanova’s ‘Beware of Dog’ tackles themes of isolation, addiction and compulsion.

How did ordinary Russians feel about it? And how did Pussy Riot’s pitch invasion figure in the country’s tradition of performance protest art?

Often stereotyped as completely white, we meet youth from across the world who’ve made Moscow home.

Often stereotyped as completely white, we meet youth from across the world who’ve made Moscow home.