#kazaky

I really miss Eastern European(Slavic?) queer culture. Maybe I just don't see it, but I would like to find more queer music groups like t.A.T.u and KAZAKY. These groups were very innovative, as I think, and I'm really sad I'm late to the hypetrain. For me, as a person who was raised inside a really homophobic country, it's wild to watch clips from 15 years ago where people were breaking the stereotypes and enjoying their life to the fullest. Like, can you imagine fujioshi Madonna? I could not. But she kinda is?

And the guys dancing with her? As far as I understand, some of them are from KAZAKY, the Ukrainian group of hot guys making club music, womanizers, I'll dare to say, that are beaming with sexuality. Not always with homosexuality, though sometimes it's hinted, yes, but they're just being sexy and that's about them. They sexualise men's body in a way that, as I think, was unknown to a mainstream audience. Breaking this stigma, I think they were somehow culturally important and should be remembered(at least on this blog :D) for showing the world that man can be sexy like this, too.

And, of course, there are t.A.T.u, I think you know this girls. And if I have zero idea what the ending of KAZAKY's story is, I know that t.A.T.u's story did not end so well. I won't get into russian politics, but one of the girls is apparently involved in them now, so I won't discuss it further. The whole group, after the russian war with LGBTQ+ people, was deemed to be a "stageplay." I hate it. Let's just remember how cool they were and how they were TOO WOKE for the Eurovision back in 2003. And, of course, listen to their song, too.

Gosh, I miss all of this... I think they're, as my childhood icons, lead me to the Johnny McGovern and other queer artists out there, and I'm really grateful for it <3

wip of DBH comic: Byzantine Generals  

kazaky promo study & back door modeling