Nikolai Alekseyev

Nikolai Alekseyev

Country

Russia

Date of Birth/Death

1977 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

LGBT rights activist; organizer of Moscow Pride, which has been banned. As a lawyer, successfully brought case of Russian discrimination against LGTBQs to European Court of Human Rights. Created controversy over anti-Semetic statements made in public.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2013/08/28/nikolai-alexeyev-kremlin-new-pocket-gay
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/nikolai-alexeyev-anti-semitic_n_3860511.html

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