You will have a chance to meet with LGBT families to compare the living situation in Latvia and Sweden. What do we have to learn from Sweden's experience an what does Sweden can take from Latvia? Come and participate, ask questions and share opinions. You will have a chance to meet the ambassador of Sweden's...
Homophobia in sports: inability to come out, condemnation, prejudice, the conflict between the fear of ruining one’s career and the desire to be true to one’s self and others. We often hear how athletes come out of the closet only after they’ve retired. Only then do they feel free enough to live authentically and are...
Attitudes to homosexuals in post-communist societies. Discussion. Latvian poet and literary scholar Kārlis Vērdiņš, Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Oxford Dan Healey, author of "Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland" Lukasz Szulc and Estonian artist Jaanus Samma who represented Estonia in 2015 at the 56th Venice Biennale with his project “NSFW. A...
