But there are a few hidden security cameras constantly watching the newcomers. No random pedestrian would ever notice the club’s anonymous entrance on Sochi’s seaside embankment. But if we kiss outside of a school or kindergarten, we get arrested.” “We are safe for as long as we do not express our feelings in the streets. “The closet life is safer,” said a stout girl in a short dress, who was dancing with her girlfriend in the club. Petersburg, who have called for the Sochi Olympics to become a venue for protest. Neither Mayak’s managers nor the club’s visitors belonged to outspoken LGBT groups fighting for their rights in the streets in Moscow and St. The key to safety and peace, the club’s managers explained, was apparently keeping a low profile.
