AMHERST TODAY: Russia and Its Others: Kevin Moss ’77
Professor Moss on Gay Manifestos: Kuzmin Kharitonov, and Russian Gay Identity. This talk explored Russian gay identity through two literary works, a scene from Mikhail Kuzmin’s 1906 coming out novel, Wings, and Evgeny Kharitonov’s “The Leaflet.” These will provide a jumping off point for a discussion of how gay and non-gay Russians conceived of homosexuality before, during, and after the Soviet period.