Dastan Kasmamytov

Dastan Kasmamytov
Born	1991/1992 (age 23–24)
Nationality	Kyrgyz

Dastan Kasmamytov or Danik^[1] (born 1991/1992),^[2] 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.^[1][3][4]

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.^[5]

See also

• LGBT rights in Kyrgyzstan

References

1. "Steering Committee". ECOM. Eurasian Coalition on Male Health. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. Hernandez, Peter (25 April 2013). "Panel looks at inequities among gays globally". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. "Governance". MSMGF. Global Forum on MSM & HIV. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
4. Tanhira, Miles Rutendo. "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
5. Yuryeva, Nika; Mamytov, Alex; Kasmamytov, Dastan; Orsekov, Erlan; Kim, Ruslan; Votslava, Julia (March 2014). "Alternative report on the implementation of the provisions of ICCPR related to LGBT people in Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). UN Treaty Body Database. Geneva: Kyrgyz Indigo & Labrys.

Further reading

• "Kyrgyzstan, 'stop the Russian homophobic lessons!'". Il Grande Colibri. 30 July 2014 – includes an interview with Kasmamytov.
• Tanhira, Miles Rutendo (13 November 2013). "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013 – another interview with Kasmamytov.