The Gay 90s (But in Russia)
@franfine1917.bsky.social
I'm a recent PhD graduate posting some of my more interesting finds from my dissertation on Russian queer history in the 1990s
Me @ Denton Trans Pride Fest
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Me @ Denton Trans Pride Fest
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 3
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 3
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 2
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 2
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 1
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Denton Trans Pride Fest 2025 pt 1
Masha Gessen being one of the main characters in my dissertation about queer activism in 90s Russia and still being a major character in my life as a queer in 20s America is so wild
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Masha Gessen being one of the main characters in my dissertation about queer activism in 90s Russia and still being a major character in my life as a queer in 20s America is so wild
the fucking lee harvey oswald barbershop mural is killing me dude. fucking dallas
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
the fucking lee harvey oswald barbershop mural is killing me dude. fucking dallas
Tae at Dallas World Aquarium
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Tae at Dallas World Aquarium
Bishop Arts
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bishop Arts
Endless Texas highways
October 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Endless Texas highways
Evie (my roommate's dog)
October 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Evie (my roommate's dog)
"Average Bushwick trans apartment" - my gf
September 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Average Bushwick trans apartment" - my gf
@weard.moe help ever since i saw castration movie 2 every time i see a group of queer people in a bare, unfurnished space I think "they're in the fucking basement!!"
September 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@weard.moe help ever since i saw castration movie 2 every time i see a group of queer people in a bare, unfurnished space I think "they're in the fucking basement!!"
Dyke March pt 5
July 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Dyke March pt 5
Dyke March NYC pt 4
July 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Dyke March NYC pt 4
Dyke March NYC pt 3
July 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Dyke March NYC pt 3
Dyke March NYC pt 2
July 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Dyke March NYC pt 2
Dyke March NYC pt 1
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dyke March NYC pt 1
maybe this is what they are stalling for?
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
maybe this is what they are stalling for?
In 1993, SPID-info featured an article by Aron Belkin decrying the entire enterprise of sexual reassignment as pointless. He was a pioneer in the field of trans healthcare in the USSR, and for a long time he was the only specialist who issued permits to transsexuals for surgical correction of gender
April 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
In 1993, SPID-info featured an article by Aron Belkin decrying the entire enterprise of sexual reassignment as pointless. He was a pioneer in the field of trans healthcare in the USSR, and for a long time he was the only specialist who issued permits to transsexuals for surgical correction of gender
Olga Krauze, in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty, decried mannish lesbians as “awful,” and said that attempting to change one’s sex had “disastrous” consequences, that these transsexuals endured lonely fates as their partners abandoned them.
March 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Olga Krauze, in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty, decried mannish lesbians as “awful,” and said that attempting to change one’s sex had “disastrous” consequences, that these transsexuals endured lonely fates as their partners abandoned them.
When queers appeared in sensational crime journalism, it was always as threats to children. Moskovskii komsomolets , a newspaper that had previously suffered harassment from conservative groups for its positive depictions of gays, reported “Homosexuals Steal Children Straight from the Stroller.”
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When queers appeared in sensational crime journalism, it was always as threats to children. Moskovskii komsomolets , a newspaper that had previously suffered harassment from conservative groups for its positive depictions of gays, reported “Homosexuals Steal Children Straight from the Stroller.”
In 1984, Valery Klimov, a schoolteacher in Nizhny Tagil, was sentenced under Article 121 for sexual relations with an underaged boy. Klimov’s partner was seventeen at the time, above the age of consent for heterosexual relations (sixteen) but below the age of consent for homosexual sex (eighteen).
March 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In 1984, Valery Klimov, a schoolteacher in Nizhny Tagil, was sentenced under Article 121 for sexual relations with an underaged boy. Klimov’s partner was seventeen at the time, above the age of consent for heterosexual relations (sixteen) but below the age of consent for homosexual sex (eighteen).