Luhansk has become a frightening place for the LGBT community. As many flee, fashion designer Mikhail Koptev tells The Calvert Journal why he won’t go quietly“I love you, boys!” cries a middle-aged man, raising a plastic cup of vodka. “Let’s have a drink together!” He waves at two heavyset men in crumpled suits on the other side of the street. They mutter something under their breath, and quicken their step. The man is Mikhail Koptev. He calls himself Luhansk’s only star – the city’s Mick Jagger or Elizabeth Taylor. Today he’s wearing a blue denim shirt underneath a fuchsia cardigan …read more
Source: The Guardian
