Qaravan

Qaravan (former RUSA LGBTQ+) is a network of LGBTQIA+ individuals, friends, and supporters, founded and based in New York City. We have welcomed many LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers from Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Caucasus who fled the abuse and mistreatment in their homelands. RUSA LGBT regularly organizes cultural and social events to unite Russian-speaking LGBTQ community in America and to increase acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQ people within the Russian-speaking public. We advocate social justice, human and civil rights for LGBTQ people in America and in the Former Soviet Union.