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Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR

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By (author): Rustam Alexander

In 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. Rustam Alexander recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were directly affected by those laws, including a naïve Scottish journalist based in Moscow who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution, and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalins harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay men at his own peril, and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his homosexuality from the secret police.

Each vignette helps paint the hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people originated and was perpetuated from Stalins rule until the demise of the USSR. This book comes at a time when homophobia is again rearing its ugly head under Putins rule.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 499g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 23 May 2023
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781526167453

About Rustam Alexander

Rustam Alexander is a historian and independent scholar who obtained his PhD from the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Regulating homosexuality in Soviet Russia 195691: A different history.

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