Journalists of largest Russian-language LGBTQ+ site forced into exile after ‘extremist’ label

Journalists of Parni+, the largest Russian-language LGBTQ+ publication, have spoken out after fleeing the country since the website was labelled an “extremist organisation”. Parni+, which previously reported PinkNews had been banned in Russia, was founded in 2008, originally as a resource about HIV for gay and bisexual men. Since then, it has evolved to cover…