Queer Festival of Russia launched successfully
One of the largest LGBT pride events of Russia, Queer Fest 2015, today opened successfully and is set for the next ten days of events. Guests and organizers were greeted with warm words of support by...
View Article"The Identity Project": what defines you?
This year at the photo exhibition at QueerFest presents a photo project that explores the labels the queer communities use to define their sexual orientations and gender identities. The author of “The...
View ArticleSecond Day of QueerFest in St. Petersburg: Boris Dittrich About His Life and...
The first public event of the festival was the meeting with Boris Dittrich, the advocacy director of LGBT program for the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch, called "Personal...
View ArticlePhoto project by Wolfgang Tillmans: great things happen outside the comfort zone
The next photo project to be presented as part of the photo exhibition at QueerFest 2015 is “Activism as an identity” by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. Wolfgang Tillmans is a famous...
View ArticleWeekend with Queerfest in Instagram photos
Over this weekend, QueerFest guests have lived through a variety of emotions, but the lion's share of discoveries is still ahead. Don't forget to check our schedule and build your plans with us in...
View ArticleQueerFest guests are saying…
Five days of QueerFest have already gone by in one blink. We were meeting each other, listening and speaking with each other. Each passing day of the festival brought its own unique mood and...
View ArticleInvitation to The Unstraight stories project
The Unstraight Museum works to document stories from the LGBTQI community all over the world and we would like to invite you to participate by sharing a story from your life. The most spectacular...
View ArticleSAMARA STANDS WITH QUEERFEST!
We are going to keep sharing with you the feedback we have been getting about the festival. Today, that is a letter from LGBT activists in Samara. "Friends and colleagues, the team at "Avers"...
View ArticleBring your idea to life with “QueerFest 2016”. The application process for...
What is “QueerFest”? The 8th international festival “QueerFest” will take place in St. Petersburg September 15 - 25. This is a human rights event against xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, which is...
View Article"QueerFest" in St. Petersburg (15-25 September): «seeing the invisible» and a...
The international human rights festival QueerFest will open in St. Petersburg on September 15th. Over the following ten days, QueerFest will feature 15 different events across our city, ranging from...
View Article«QueerFest» presents a collection of personal statements on «seeing the...
«Seeing the invisible» is the slogan of QueerFest 2016, and is the theme of the collection of personal statements that invite reflection on issues of gender and sexuality, nationalism and sexism,...
View Article8th pride festival of Russia «QueerFest»: successful launch!
The 8th annual pride festival QueerFest opened today at a spacious art space in the center of St. Petersburg, in a warm and festive atmosphere. Over 220 visitors (up to the maximum limit of the venue)...
View ArticleQueerfest 2016 of Russia: "It Went How a Festival Should Go"
QueerFest 2016, the 8th international LGBTI pride festival of Russia, has concluded on a high note. Songwriter and performer Sian Evans (of KOSHEEN) sang all-favorites, wished audiences to be...
View ArticleRussian Queerfest Survives Fake Bomb Threats
The Russian pride festival Queerfest celebrated its 10-year anniversary of being part of St. Petersburg landscape, and finished on a high note on Saturday, September 29 with a concert by a Russian...
View Article11th Queerfest is off to a successful start!
The 11th Russian pride festival QUEERFEST opened yesterday with a celebration. For the 4th year in a row, the festival opens with no major issues: no police harassment, homophobic or transphobic...
View ArticleQUEERFEST Successfully Completed Its 11th Edition!
11th Russian pride festival QUEERFEST completed its successful 9-day run on 28th September. Close to 2000 visitors enjoyed a program of lectures, seminars, discussions, photo exhibitions and concerts....
View Article"Don't disguise, be yourself!": a fantastic contest together with M·A·C
Do you like make-up and dream about a line of professional cosmetics in your collection? We are announcing a fantastic contest! Very often make-up is perceived as a "remedy" of as a "way to hide...
View ArticleMini-FAQ, based on questions you often ask
Q:If I am not registered, is there an opportunity to visit festival? A: We are sorry, but without registration it won't work. This year registration is connected with anti-COVID-19 actions. On every...
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