Contributors

Contributors RITA BÉRES-DEÁK graduated in English, Finnish and Cultural Anthropology at the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, and completed her postgraduate Master’s degree in Gender and Culture at the Central European University. She is actively involved in the GLBT movement, and has taken part in author- ing and editing several books published by Labrisz Lesbian Association: Lesz- bikus tér/erő (Lesbian Space) (2000), Szembeszél – Leszbikusok a szépirodalom- ban (Counterwinds: Lesbians in Literature) (2001), Már nem tabu – Kézikönyv tanároknak a leszbikusokról, melegekről, biszexuálisokról és transzneműekről (Not a Taboo Any more: A Manual for Teachers on Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) (2002), Előhívott önarcképek – Leszbikus nők önéletrajzi írásai (De- veloped Self-Portraits. Lesbian Women’s Autobiographical Writings) (2003). E-mail: [email protected] NATAŠA BOKAN is a teaching assistant of Rural Sociology at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb. She holds a University degree and is a postgraduate student of biotechnics (Economics of Agriculture) at the University of Zagreb. She is also an active member of LGBT movement in Croatia. E-mail: [email protected] ANNA BORGOS is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology; she has been exploring and publishing articles on the work of Hungarian women writers and psychoanalysts in the early 20th century, and is also engaged in LGBT history and activism. She is a founding member and co-executive of Labrisz Lesbian As- sociation, the only Hungarian lesbian organization. She edited the memoirs and short stories of Mrs. Kosztolányi Ilona Harmos, Burokban születtem (I was Born with a Caul) (Noran, 2003) and a volume of lesbian autobiographical writings, Előhívott önarcképek. Leszbikus nők önéletrajzi írásai (Developed Self-Portraits. Lesbian Women’s Autobiographical Writings) (Labrisz, 2003). Correspondence: Institute for Psychology of the Hungarian Academy of Sci- ences, Victor Hugo u. 18-22. Budapest – 1132, Hungary. E-mail: [email protected] 377 MMI_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut1I_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut1 1 111.8.20071.8.2007 221:08:091:08:09 B EYOND THE PINK CURTAIN VIACHASLAU BORTNIK is a programme coordinator at Amnesty Interna- tional Belarus. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Euro- pean Humanities University, Minsk. He is one of the leaders of LGBT movement in Belarus. Correspondence: Amnesty International Belarus, PO Box 10P, 246050 Gomel, Belarus. E-mail: [email protected] ANNA GRUSZCZYŃSKA holds a Master’s degree in gender studies from the Central European University, Budapest. At the moment, she is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at Aston University, Birmingham (UK), at the School of Languages and Social Sciences. She is currently working on her thesis on Polish gay and lesbian marches and pride parades. She is also actively involved with the UK Christian LGBT movement. Correspondence: Aston University, School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston Triangle B4 7ET, Birmingham, UK E-mail: [email protected] GREGORY CZARNECKI is a recent graduate of the European Masters in Hu- man Rights and Democratisation based in Venice, Italy. His research on Queers and Jews was carried out at the Central European University in Budapest, Hun- gary. He grew up in the United States, having done a Bachelor’s Degree in envi- ronmental justice at the University of Vermont. Currently he lives in Warsaw, Po- land and is involved in the LGBT organization Campaign Against Homophobia. E-mail: [email protected] FRÉDÉRIC JÖRGENS is a researcher at the European University Institute in Florence where he is completing his Ph.D. thesis: “The Individual, the Couple and the Family: Social and Legal Recognition of Same-sex Partnership in Europe.” He holds an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Research degree in Political and Social Sciences from the EUI. He has worked on Political Philosophy and Social Theory approaches to identity. He is also working as a part-time lecturer in European Social and Political Studies at University College London. E-mail: [email protected] IVANA JUGOVIĆ is a junior researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Center for Educational Research and Development. She is a Ph.D. student in psychology at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is the co-author (with A. Pikić) of the book Violence against lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Croatia: research report (Kontra, 2006). E-mail: [email protected] 378 MMI_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut2I_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut2 2 111.8.20071.8.2007 221:08:091:08:09 C ONTRIBUTORS ROMAN KUHAR is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Uni- versity of Ljubljana, and teaches courses in gay and lesbian studies and sociology of families. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and works as a researcher at the Peace Institute, Ljubljana. He is the author of two books: Mi, drugi (We, the Others) (Škuc-Lambda, 2001) and Media Construction of Homosexuality (Mediawatch, 2003) and co-author (with A. Švab) of The Unbearable Comfort of Privacy: Everyday Life of Gays and Lesbians (Politike, 2006). He is also an active member of the GLBT movement in Slovenia. Correspondence: Peace Institute, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. E-mail: [email protected] JANA KUKUČKOVÁ graduated from Prešov University (Slovakia) with a Master’s degree in British and American studies and completed her postgraduate Master’s degree in Gender studies at the Central Eu- ropean University, Budapest. Her major areas of interest are violence against women, anti-trafficking, equal opportunities and LGBT issues. E-mail: [email protected] HEIDI KURVINEN holds a Master’s degree in general history from the University of Oulu, Finland and is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Humanities. Her research interests include the history of homosexuality in Estonia, the transitional process in Estonia and its effects on the gender regime, and the power structures of media in Finland. In addition to Estonian history, she is interested in queer studies and media studies. E-mail: [email protected] KEVIN MOSS holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Studies and is currently Chair of the Russian Department at Middlebury College in Vermont, USA. He has written on Russian and East European film, on Olga Freidenberg, Evgeny Kharitonov, and Mikhail Bulgakov. For the past 15 years he has studied gay & lesbian culture in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans, and in 1997 he edited the first anthology of gay writing from Russia, Out of the Blue: Russia’s Hidden Gay Literature (Gay Sunshine Press). Correspondence: Russian Dept., Middlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753, USA. E-mail: [email protected] KATEŘINA NEDBÁLKOVÁ is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) where she teaches courses in sociological theories of gender and methodology in social sciences. She also works at the Institute for Research of Social Reproduc- 379 MMI_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut3I_beyond_pink_377-392_contribut3 3 111.8.20071.8.2007 221:08:101:08:10 B EYOND THE PINK CURTAIN tion and Integration at the Faculty of Social Studies. Her academic and research interests include in particular gender and sexuality, imprison- ment and qualitative research. E-mail: [email protected] ALEKSANDRA PIKIĆ is a librarian at the Institute Ruđer Bošković Library in Zagreb. She holds University degrees in sociology and library science. She is the co-author (with I. Jugović) of the book Violence against lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Croatia: research report (Kontra, 2006). She is also active member of LGBT movement in Croatia. E-mail: [email protected] MONIKA PISANKANEVA currently works at the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe as a program officer. She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy (Sofia University) and a Certificate in Comparative European So- cial Studies (University of Amsterdam). As a volunteer, she has supported the start-up and growth of the Bulgarian LGBT movement in the period 1998–2004. As a researcher, she has investigated the political discourse on sexuality during socialism and the social construction of LGBT identities in Bulgaria after 1990. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] EVA POLÁŠKOVÁ is a psychologist and works at the Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk Univer- sity in Brno. She is completing her Ph.D. in social psychology at the same faculty. She also cooperates with national LGBT organizations. Correspondence: Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Fac- ulty of Social Studies, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. E-mail: [email protected] AIVITA PUTNINA is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia and director of the Bioethics and Bio-safety Centre at the Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia. She received her Ph.D. in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge in 1999 submitting theses on agency and childbirth. The scope of her research ranges from academic research on repro- ductive health, gender, biotechnology and governance to applied research on human development, culture, governance, city development and policy analysis drafting foreign, culture, social integration and health policy documents and national development plans. Web

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