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Gay Saint Petersburg

LGBTQ+ Travel Guide & City Directory · Saint Petersburg

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🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status in Russia

Based on national laws as of 2025

5/100
High Risk
✓ Same-sex relations legal
✗ Equal age of consent
✗ Partnership / union
✗ Same-sex marriage
✗ Adoption rights
✗ Anti-discrimination law
✗ Legal gender change

"Gay propaganda" law bans positive depiction of LGBTQ+ relationships. International LGBT Movement designated "extremist" (2023). Exercise extreme caution.

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Mega Events in Saint Petersburg

Side by Side LGBT Film Festival
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Side by Side LGBT Film Festival

Side by Side is Russia's leading LGBTQ+ film festival, held in Saint Petersburg despite an extremely challenging legal environment. The festival has screened queer cinema to packed audiences since 2008, and its organisers have faced repeated legal challenges under Russia's 'gay propaganda' laws. The courage required to run a queer cultural event in Putin's Russia has made Side by Side one of the most important and admired LGBTQ+ institutions in Eastern Europe.

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