Nationality Kyrgyz | ||
Dastan Kasmamytov or Danik (born 1991/1992), 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 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.
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