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Edinburgh Diamond @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Happy publication day to 'In Our Own Words: Documenting the Queer Everyday in Central Asia'! Exceptionally proud to be the publishing partner for this collective work that is at once research, art, and activism. Check it out! #OpenAccess books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-di...

A cover image for 'In Our Own Words' (showing blue line drawings of people reading, writing, and running) on a blue banner with the text: A collective work that is at once research, art, and activism. Rooted in decolonial queer and trans* theories, it emerges from lived realities and centres the voices of queer and trans* Central Asians. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836451518

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A very special day: In Our Own Words: Documenting the Queer Everyday in Central Asia is now open access via @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-di... Funded by AHRC and created through collective effort. My deepest thanks to all contributors.

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

As queer culture is commodified by Western media and corporate interests, this dialogue suggests the voices of marginalized communities, particularly in Central Asia, are forced into silence or invisibility. With @levitanus.bsky.social et al. on @sperishefuni.bsky.social buff.ly/2p5tX8v

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Ground Level: RuPaul's Drag Race and Globalisation w/ Helton Levy and Mariya Levitanus | SPERI Presents...

Tackling the big questions in political economy

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Join us for this Politics and Sociology seminar with @levitanus.bsky.social, who will examine the ethical complexities and questions of positionality involved in researching #queer, #trans, and gender-diverse people in Central Asia. 🗓️ 19 March at 5pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Event poster for 'Decolonial Queer Approaches to Researching Queer and Trans Lives in Central Asia'.

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Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New episode of Ground Level, the new series I host for @sperishefuni.bsky.social. We discuss queer globalisation and queer everyday lives from #Kazakhstan to #Brasil passing through #Italy’s Veneto. With: @levitanus.bsky.social @heltonlevy.bsky.social! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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Ground Level: RuPaul's Drag Race and Globalisation w/ Helton Levy and Mariya Levitanus

Podcast Episode · SPERI Presents... · 16 March · 38m

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This is an invitation to sit with stories that don’t often get told. Join me on 21 Oct for an online seminar: Learning not to Breathe the Poison: Decolonial Queer Approaches to Research in Central Asia 🕟 4:30 PM BST | 🔗 Register: events.bookitbee.com/university-o... Hosted by Queer Minds Scotland

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Learning not to Breathe the Poison

Decolonial Queer Approaches to Researching Queer and Trans Lives in Central Asia

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Join us for an evening with CN Lester, hosted by QUEER.ED!

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Come and join us at QUEER.ED for the event on LGBTQI+ inclusive education!

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Last week in Lisbon, I presented two papers: our queer Central Asian art book project with Mohira Suyarkulova & Russian queer migration to Central Asia with Polina Kislitsyna. It was a privilege to join the panel on queer cultures with the wonderful Saltanat Shoshanova & Georgy Mamedov

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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Dear academic friends and colleagues, please join us in signing our open letter with the RUTA Association and expressing our support and solidarity with Georgian students and scholars in their ongoing fight for academic freedom, sovereignty, democracy and justice ruta-association.org/news/open-le...

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Dear #CentralAsia crowd. Here is a first "starter pack". Please reach out if you want me to add you ! go.bsky.app/LXZM1qx

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Dr Diana T. Kudaibergen @dianakudaibergen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Starting Central Asian Starter Pack! Please write in comments if you want to be added/want to add someone! go.bsky.app/NGfwkUA

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Mariya Levitanus @levitanus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Just joined Bluesky and eager to explore this new platform. I'll be sharing my thoughts and writing on LGBTQ+ lives in Central Asia, queer migration, psychotherapy, and other topics that inspire me. Looking forward to engaging conversations and new connections! 🌈

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