Dastan Kasmamytov

Dastan Kasmamytov
Born 1991/1992 (age 26–27)
Bishkek, Kirgistan
Nationality Kyrgyz
Education Oslo/ Norway, Berlin/ Germany
Home town Bishkek

Dastan Kasmamytov or Danik[1] (born 1991/1992),[2] is a Kyrgyz LGBTIQ rights activist.

Kasmamytov is a member of the steering committees of the Global Forum on MSM & HIV and the Eurasian Coalition on Male Health, a board member of Labrys, a co-founder of Bishkek Feminist Collective SQ, and a coordinator for Kyrgyz Indigo, LGBTIQ Initiative and Youth Initiative.[1][3][4]

Kasmamytov came out at a press conference on a Human Rights Watch report on police violence against gay and bisexual people in Kyrgyzstan. He has, as a result of coming out and of his activism, received multiple death threats.[5]

Kasmamytov lives and studies now in Europe.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Steering Committee". ECOM. Eurasian Coalition on Male Health. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Peter (25 April 2013). "Panel looks at inequities among gays globally". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Governance". MSMGF. Global Forum on MSM & HIV. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Tanhira, Miles Rutendo. "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Yuryeva, Nika; Mamytov, Alex; Kasmamytov, Dastan; Orsekov, Erlan; Kim, Ruslan; Votslava, Julia (March 2014). "Alternative report on the implementation of the provisions of ICCPR related to LGBT people in Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). UN Treaty Body Database. Geneva: Kyrgyz Indigo & Labrys.
  6. ↑ "Contact | Unicorns in Tech". www.unicornsintech.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.

Further reading

  • "Kyrgyzstan, 'stop the Russian homophobic lessons!'". Il Grande Colibri. 30 July 2014 – includes an interview with Kasmamytov.
  • Tanhira, Miles Rutendo (13 November 2013). "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013 – another interview with Kasmamytov.


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