David Rypel

“It just isn’t happening”: emotional obstacles in Russo-Georgian queer interactions in post-February 2022 Georgia

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, over 100,000 Russian citizens have migrated to Georgia. Among them were a large number of LGBTQ+ people concerned about a rise in legislative homophobia and transphobia. With shared experiences of anti-queer sentimen...