Dastan Kasmamytov Explained

Birth Place:	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Nationality:	Kyrgyz
Education:	Oslo/ Norway, Berlin/ Germany
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Dastan Kasmamytov or Danik (born), 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.

Kasmamytov studied in Metropolitan University in Oslo (Norway), Free University in Berlin (Germany), American University in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Pierce College (USA).^[1]

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.

Today, Kasmamytov lives and studies in Europe.^[2]

Kasmamytov cycled from Central Asia to Germany and founded Pink Summits, a campaign to conquer 7 Summits for the sake of LGBT visibility.^{[3] [4] [5]}

See also

• LGBT rights in Kyrgyzstan

Further reading

• Web site: Kyrgyzstan, 'stop the Russian homophobic lessons!'. 30 July 2014. Il Grande Colibri. none. 25 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131165335/http://www.ilgrandecolibri.com/2014/07/kyrgyzstan-gay-propaganda-bill.html. 31 January 2016. dead. – includes an interview with Kasmamytov.
• Web site: Deterred but not destroyed. https://web.archive.org/web/20131209005417/http://www.soginews.com/deterred-destroyed/. 9 December 2013. SOGI News. 13 November 2013. none. RFSL. Tanhira. Miles Rutendo. – another interview with Kasmamytov.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Team. Pink Summits. en-US. 2019-12-30.
2. Web site: Contact Unicorns in Tech. www.unicornsintech.com. en-US. 2017-12-11. 12 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171212140721/http://www.unicornsintech.com/contact. dead.
3. Web site: Scaling Mountains To Battle Homophobia. DADDY Magazine. en-GB. 2019-12-30.
4. Web site: KYRGYZSTAN: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS IN LGBTI RIGHTS. 2019-08-31. World Wide Wave. en-US. 2019-12-30.
5. Web site: Conquering Summits and Negative Stereotypes. mmoneymaker. 2019-07-26. Global LGBT Human Rights. en. 2019-12-30. 30 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230230636/https://outrightinternational.org/content/conquering-summits-and-negative-stereotypes. dead.