A gay Chechen runaway from Russia asked for protection from the mayor of New York

The representative of the LGBT community, a Chechen who escaped from Russia because of the threat to life, hiding under the pseudonym Lion Allenby, turned to the Mayor of New Yorp, Bill De Blazio and the President of Bopo Bruklin Erik Adamku to protect to protect the protection for the protection of the protector. during the Brighton Beach Pride to be held in New York. The man published his call in Facebook.

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“Defend my right to be proud of my gender identity and sexual orientation, my Chechen ethnicity and my Muslim religion, my HIV-positive status and my right not to feel bullied and disenfranchised, my right to participate in public events held in accordance with the law on freedom of speech,” the man asks.

The Brighton Beach Pride march, organized by the Russian-speaking American LGBT Association RUSA LGBT, will take place on Brighton Beach on May 19.

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Lion Allenby says that the association threatened to issue a document prohibiting him from attending an event organized by RUSA LGBT.

“In April of this year, the leaders of RUSA LGBT, together with the manager of the gay bar “Therapy,” violated my rights. Under threat of calling the police, they demanded that I immediately leave the event in support of Brighton Beach Pride, where one of the main stated themes was “solidarity with gay Chechens whose lives are under threat in Russia.” Despite the illegality of such demands (I was at a public event in a gay bar, open to any visitors), I obeyed and left the place in order not to give them any grounds for further provocations against me,” the man notes.

Then, he said, with the tacit consent of the association's leaders, a man who calls himself a "public figure" blackmailed and threatened him, and then endangered the life of his family in Chechnya.

“He knew that our lives would again be threatened by honor killings, but he published my personal information on the Internet without my consent: my real name and surname, my Chechen nationality, my sexual orientation, my reasons for seeking asylum in the United States. Screenshots of his post on the Internet, without my knowledge, were sent to both my family and paramilitary forces in Chechnya,” notes Lion Allenby.

Lion filed a complaint with the New York City police station in Manhattan.

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He also writes that after the events described above, the co-chairman of RUSA LGBT began to pursue him on the basis of HIV status.

“He used his position at a non-profit company that provides support and assistance to people with HIV, prevented me from receiving their services, made sure that I could not become a client of this organization, deprived me of their assistance, such as finding housing, training courses, attending support groups. I need all these services now because they help me return to life as a proud member of society, an equal among equals,” writes Leo.

The man asks the authorities to influence the RUSA LGBT organization so that they lift the restriction on participation in a public event, the LGBT march in Brooklyn, and also study the work of the association and verify the legitimacy of their demands.

Recall, May 19 will host the third hey-parade of the Russian-language community. Last year, both Russian-speaking immigrants and Americans participated in Bayton Beach Beach.

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