The Readers and Writers for LGBT Chechens online charity auction is now live! Here’s a link to the page listing all the auctions: https://readersandwritersforlgbtchechens.wordpress.com/category/all-auctions/ You’ll need to scroll down and click “older posts” a few times to show all of them. Bid by clicking on the listing(s) that interest you and making a bid (in USD $) in the comments. Here’s a handy link to my donation to the auction (a …
Chechnya Fundraiser Blog Tour – Dale Cameron Lowry #ChechenRainbow #Chechnya #Chechens
By Dale Cameron Lowry When the news started coming out of Chechnya about the organized police campaign of torture, imprisonment and murder being conducted against men perceived to be gay, it hit me hard. Growing up in the Netherlands just a few decades after World War II, I learned to dread authoritarianism and genocide — authoritarianism’s frequent offspring — early on in life. On school and family outings we visited houses …
Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens
Have you heard about Dale Cameron Lowry and Olivia Helling’s project, Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens yet? Here’s a quote from his page that summarizes it nicely: “The writers & artists on this page have joined together to raise funds for the Russian LGBT Network, ILGA-Europe and Rainbow Railroad, which are helping LGBT Chechens escape to safety.” I’m donating a bundle of signed paperbacks [’Til Death Do Us Part (print …