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J. Lester Feder

Vladimir Linderman is the former publisher of a Soviet Era pornographic and satire magazine that pushed for LBGT rights. He's now in Latvia trying to curb them.

Six reasons to read BuzzFeed’s story about the man who says he led a sexual revolution in the USSR

Global Politics

Vladimir Linderman once published a Playboy-like magazine that pushed for LGBT rights and put porn on Soviet newstands. Now he’s trying to ban “gay propaganda” in the former Soviet republic of Latvia. So why did he switch sides?

Gay rights activists march with a banner during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg. The banner reads, "Love is stronger than war!"

A gay Russian teen has been outed as he seeks asylum in the US

Global Politics