Olga Baranova

Olga Baranova is a Russian human rights activist. She was the Senior Director of the Moscow Community Centre for LGBTIQ Initiatives. Now based in New York, she has written the report "Undermining human Rights at the United Nations: The Case of Russia" for OutRight Action International, and works with the Russian language radio station Freedom FM.

Russia’s global war on LGBTIQ people won’t stop me from marching with pride

I lived most of my adult life a closeted lesbian in Russia. Even in New York, I can feel its ‘traditional values’ ideological weapon. This is what I’m protesting today.

By Olga Baranova

/ 30 Jun 2019

Russia’s global war on LGBTIQ people won’t stop me from marching with pride