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# Mother’s Gay Russian Christmas
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mothers-gay-russian-christmas/
- Published: 2013-12-12T23:18:28.000Z
- Updated: 2013-12-12T23:18:28.000Z
- Description: The Kaleidoscope Trust and creative agency Mother are sticking two fingers up at homophobia in Russia this Christmas. The Kaleidoscope Trust works to advance the human rights of LGBT people internationally by listening to, amplifying and communicating their voices to a wider audience, and by standin
- Author: Besi
- Tags: News

## *The Kaleidoscope Trust* and creative agency *Mother* are sticking two fingers up at homophobia in Russia this Christmas.

![Kaleidscope Trust](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/web-60042.jpg)

**The Kaleidoscope Trust** works to advance the human rights of LGBT people internationally by listening to, amplifying and communicating their voices to a wider audience, and by standing with them in persuading public and political opinion of the need for an end to all discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Russian LGBT community is facing increasingly harsh treatment at the hands of authorities. Attacks on gay people are rising, in a country where homosexuality has been classified as a mental illness since 1999\. So, this Christmas, Mother is sending something *To Russia With Love.*

The agency has created seven limited edition, hand-painted sets of Russian nesting dolls featuring artist’s renders of five gay British icons: **Elton John, George Michael, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton** and **Tom Daly**.

The dolls will be auctioned online at [www.torussiawithlove.co.uk](http://www.torussiawithlove.co.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) between December the 13 and 22 of to raise money for *The Kaleidoscope Trust* and their work with the Russian gay community.

Over Christmas, *Mother* will deliver a set of dolls to the Russian Embassy in London and The Kremlin as an act of solidarity with the gay community in Russia.

Bidding starts this Friday, December 13.

**For more information [CLICK HERE:](http://www.torussiawithlove.co.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**