Gay.ru is rated number 1 as the most quoted site by Russian gay blogs. According to search engine Yandex, Gay.ru is rated number 25 in all Russian blogs. In the last 6 months it has moved up the ratings and it is now behind Radio ‘Exo Moskvi’. Gay.ru is more popular than well known sites such as ‘Sport-express’ and ‘Strana.ru’. The next closest gay page is rated number 282.
Gay.ru is also rated number 1 by Russian gay pages with an extremely high quote rate.
This year we celebrated our 10th anniversary. In 1997 we were named the most informative gay page in Russia by ‘Planet Internet’ magazine. In 1998 we featured among the best internet projects by the same magazine. In 2000 Gay.ru was included in the list of best projects with sexual content and the same year we received the award for Best Website We have also been named in ratings done by KommersantMoney (2000), Afisha (2000,2001,2004), Om (2004) and others.
Gay.ru has been a member of IGLA-Europe since 2001, IGLIO (youth gay and lesbian organization) since 2003 and a member of International Forum HKO working on preventing AIDS in Russia since 2003.
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Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
The history of Gay.Ru
Gay.Ru, a non-for-profit Moscow-based gay, lesbian and transgender group has existed since 1996. It started as a discussion group under the name Fido7.Ru.Sex.Gay in the amateur messaging network FIDO. This was the first ever forum where Russian-speaking gays could discuss their problems.
Over five years Gay.Ru has developed into an established and recognized Russian gay and lesbian center (Russian National GLBT Center "Together"). It acts as the clearing house for lesbian and gay groups scattered across the country. We keep contacts with all existing gay, lesbian, and AIDS organizations in Russia and maintain on-going correspondence and reporting to international gay and lesbian organizations, including ILGA, IGLYO and ILGHRC. We collect and publish all information on gay and lesbian activities in all republics of the former USSR, we disseminate information on lesbian and gay rights in domestic and international context, legal developments as applied to gay issues, legislation and case law of international courts. We have established a sort of a virtual gay community where people can find support and assistance. We are supported in our endeavors by the prominent Russian scholar and researcher in the area of sexuality and homosexuality Professor Igor S. Kon.
Our web-site features more than 80,000 articles and documents in Russian and 500 in English and updates daily. Gay.ru is visited by more than three million visitors yearly or over 40,000 hits a day, including weekends. We made Gay.Ru a place where our gay, lesbian, and questioning visitors can find such vitally important information as psychological aspects of coming out, coping with homophobia, safer-sex techniques; read life stories of fellow gays and lesbians and receive a response to their questions.
Gay.Ru has never received an official registration with the competent Russian authorities till 2002. On two occasions, in 1999 and in 2000, our lawyer Nikita Ivanov filed the required foundation documents for the registration of a non-profit association under the name Rainbow Sphere with the Moscow city department of justice, but both times the registration was refused on allegedly formal grounds. Finally, in 2002 we obtained an official registration as "Просветительский центр Я+Я", whis is promoted in English as Russian National GLBT Center "Together".
Our recent projects within Gay.ru include a daily updated news feed offering international gay news in Russian to our readers, "lesbi.ru" - our sister site for the lesbian women, "365.gay.ru" - a calendar to commemorate dates of the gay history, "moscow.gay.ru" - a guide to gay Moscow, and many more.
We have a permanent office in Moscow, 15 employees and more than 50 volunteers both in Russia and abroad. Our web activities are self-sustainable, we use the profit from Internet e-business (such as web design, hosting and banner exchange networks) and mail order sales to fund our web-site.
2000-2007,
http://english.gay.ru
Over five years Gay.Ru has developed into an established and recognized Russian gay and lesbian center (Russian National GLBT Center "Together"). It acts as the clearing house for lesbian and gay groups scattered across the country. We keep contacts with all existing gay, lesbian, and AIDS organizations in Russia and maintain on-going correspondence and reporting to international gay and lesbian organizations, including ILGA, IGLYO and ILGHRC. We collect and publish all information on gay and lesbian activities in all republics of the former USSR, we disseminate information on lesbian and gay rights in domestic and international context, legal developments as applied to gay issues, legislation and case law of international courts. We have established a sort of a virtual gay community where people can find support and assistance. We are supported in our endeavors by the prominent Russian scholar and researcher in the area of sexuality and homosexuality Professor Igor S. Kon.
Our web-site features more than 80,000 articles and documents in Russian and 500 in English and updates daily. Gay.ru is visited by more than three million visitors yearly or over 40,000 hits a day, including weekends. We made Gay.Ru a place where our gay, lesbian, and questioning visitors can find such vitally important information as psychological aspects of coming out, coping with homophobia, safer-sex techniques; read life stories of fellow gays and lesbians and receive a response to their questions.
Gay.Ru has never received an official registration with the competent Russian authorities till 2002. On two occasions, in 1999 and in 2000, our lawyer Nikita Ivanov filed the required foundation documents for the registration of a non-profit association under the name Rainbow Sphere with the Moscow city department of justice, but both times the registration was refused on allegedly formal grounds. Finally, in 2002 we obtained an official registration as "Просветительский центр Я+Я", whis is promoted in English as Russian National GLBT Center "Together".
Our recent projects within Gay.ru include a daily updated news feed offering international gay news in Russian to our readers, "lesbi.ru" - our sister site for the lesbian women, "365.gay.ru" - a calendar to commemorate dates of the gay history, "moscow.gay.ru" - a guide to gay Moscow, and many more.
We have a permanent office in Moscow, 15 employees and more than 50 volunteers both in Russia and abroad. Our web activities are self-sustainable, we use the profit from Internet e-business (such as web design, hosting and banner exchange networks) and mail order sales to fund our web-site.
2000-2007,
http://english.gay.ru
Thursday, 27 July 2006
Moscow Lesbians Create Self-Defense Group
2006/07/27. In the near future Moscow will see the beginning of a new group Women's Group of Strength Training and Self-Defense." Classes will be held in a high-level sport club and are promised to be taught by professional trainers.
The organization of the Self-Defense Group is a direct response from the lesbian community to the bashings that took place at the end of April, beginning of May 2006. During the incident, in which defenseless lesbians were primarily targeted, a Creative Center for Lesbians was burned down in Moscow and several lesbians were subjected to violence.
The Lesbian community was alarmed by the incident especially after rumors were spread on the internet concerning the violent rape by one lesbian by fascists. The rumors, however, were never confirmed by local Moscow police.
The Self-Defense course will be offered for free by the group.
english.gay.ru
The organization of the Self-Defense Group is a direct response from the lesbian community to the bashings that took place at the end of April, beginning of May 2006. During the incident, in which defenseless lesbians were primarily targeted, a Creative Center for Lesbians was burned down in Moscow and several lesbians were subjected to violence.
The Lesbian community was alarmed by the incident especially after rumors were spread on the internet concerning the violent rape by one lesbian by fascists. The rumors, however, were never confirmed by local Moscow police.
The Self-Defense course will be offered for free by the group.
english.gay.ru
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