Yelena Goltsman

Yelena Goltsman

Country

Russia

Birth - Death

1963 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

Leads RUSA LGBT, a New York-based support group for Russian-speaking gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. She has also become one of the most prominent voices calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics to protest Russia’s new anti-gay laws, such as the regulation against “homosexual propaganda” among minors.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.glaad.org/blog/russian-lgbt-advocates-explain-what-we-can-do-help
• http://forward.com/articles/183247/yelena-goltsman-pushes-for-gay-rights-boycott-of-r/
• http://www.ilga-europe.org/home/guide_europe/country_by_country/russia/supporters_hold_gay_pride_parade_in_moscow_at_least_virtually

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