Show Notes
Acknowledgment of Country
I would like to acknowledge that I live, work, and learn on the traditional lands of the Dharug and Darkinjung peoples. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.
Desc:
Russian discusses Russian-Canadian gay sports romance! Join FL in a hot game of hockey**. Razdevaysya & Na Koleni &! ;)**
Content Warning: Sexual Language, Mentions of Suicide
Mentions:
HR novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heated\_Rivalry\_(novel)
Cheburashka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheburashka
Doxa vid on HR: https://youtu.be/L9ruQnm8kYM?si=8-PpfCbyGhhqlric
PH blockade: https://www.thedailyaus.com.au/crime/aussies-content-on-pornhub-09-03-2026
Dark Romance:
Penelope Douglas:
Birthday Girl
Credence
Corrupt (DNFd)
Five Brothers (TBR)
Navessa Allen:
Lights Out
Caught Up
SPOILERS: this is an extremely spoilerific episode discussing characters & plot, listen at your own risk.
Sources:
Wikipedia: LGBTQ rights in Russia
LSE European Politics Blog: A history of LGBTQ rights in modern Russia
The Conversation: 30 years of LGBTQ+ history in Russia
CRIN: Russia's "gay propaganda" law
Council for Global Equality: The Facts on LGBT Rights in Russia
Equaldex: LGBT Rights in Russia
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi (2018, Bloomsbury Academic)
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Music - via Free Music Archive — CC BY:
- Doctor Turtle - The Talons Of Adventure, The Antlers Of Romance
- GrW - Alaska 1
- Kirk Osamayo - (Ambient) Fleur
- LaFaena - Sexy
- Meydän - Away
- PC-ONE - Love
- Tea K Pea - light
- YuraSoop - Beautiful Ambient
- YuraSoop - Nature Ambient
- Geoff Harvey - Purple Planet Music - Romance of the Isles
- Magenta Six - Christmas 1