19.09 Sex in the Soviet Closet: A History of Gay Cruising in Moscow
MOSCOW, September 19 (Joy Neumeyer, The Moscow News) One day in 1955, a Russian railway stoker named Klimov entered Moscows iconic GUM department store, looking for a bite to eat. While inside, Klimov, 27, stopped by the bathroom.
In the toilet a young lad came up to me, shook my hand and said,
