Reports and documents
Support letter for LGBTIQ citizens of Russian Federation applying for asylum in the EU
If you are an LGBTIQ person from the Russian Federation and are seeking asylum at the EU border, you can present this letter to the immigration authorities to request that you be transferred from the transfer border zone into the country so that your application can be processed in accordance with standard procedures.
Monitoring of LGBTIQ rights violations in the Russian Federation: January–March 2026
Quarterly monitoring of LGBTIQ rights violations in Russia: statistics and specific cases covering criminal and administrative proceedings — from "extremist organisation" charges and "LGBT propaganda" online and in bookstores, to transnational persecution, pressure on human rights groups, and club raids.
I was banned
Findings of a study by EQUAL PostOst examining how the situation of LGBTQ people and organizations in Russia has changed since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 — covering state propaganda, new homophobic and transphobic legislation, and its legal and psychological consequences, with a particular focus on LGBTQ families with children, transgender individuals, and LGBTIQ people from the North Caucasus.