Anna Kirey
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Anna Kirey is an activist in Kyrgyzstan who is an executive director LGBT organization 'Labrys'. She has been active with women's organizations in Kyrgyzstan for the past seven years and has a keen interest in gender perspective within different social structures.


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A Land Where Nowhere Is Safe: A Lesbian Activist Speaks About Gender and Violence in Kyrgyzstan

Posted October 15, 2008 | 05:00 PM (EST)

Very few people can immediately place where I am from. When I say "Kyrgyzstan" I have to add: a mountainous country in Central Asia, once part of the Soviet Union, that is predominantly Muslim. It sounds like the middle of nowhere. And when I add, "I am a lesbian, and...

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