Dastan Kasmamytov

Dastan Kasmamytov
Born	1991 or 1992 (age 32–33) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Nationality	Kyrgyz
Education	Oslo/ Norway, Berlin/ Germany

Dastan Kasmamytov or Danik[1] (born 1991 or 1992),[2] 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.[1][3][4]

Kasmamytov studied in Metropolitan University in Oslo (Norway), Free University in Berlin (Germany), American University in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Pierce College (USA).[5]

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.[6]

Today, Kasmamytov lives and studies in Europe.[7]

Kasmamytov cycled from Central Asia to Germany and founded Pink Summits, a campaign to conquer 7 Summits for the sake of LGBT visibility.[5][8][9][10]

See also

• LGBT rights in Kyrgyzstan

References

1. "Steering Committee". ECOM. Eurasian Coalition on Male Health. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
2. Hernandez, Peter (25 April 2013). "Panel looks at inequities among gays globally". Bay Area Reporter. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. "Governance". MSMGF. Global Forum on MSM & HIV. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
4. Tanhira, Miles Rutendo. "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
5. "Team". Pink Summits. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
6. Yuryeva, Nika; Mamytov, Alex; Kasmamytov, Dastan; Orsekov, Erlan; Kim, Ruslan; Votslava, Julia (March 2014). "Alternative report on the implementation of the provisions of ICCPR related to LGBT people in Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). UN Treaty Body Database. Geneva: Kyrgyz Indigo & Labrys. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
7. "Contact | Unicorns in Tech". www.unicornsintech.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
8. "Scaling Mountains To Battle Homophobia". DADDY Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
9. "KYRGYZSTAN: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS IN LGBTI RIGHTS". World Wide Wave. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
10. mmoneymaker (26 July 2019). "Conquering Summits and Negative Stereotypes". Global LGBT Human Rights. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

Further reading

• "Kyrgyzstan, 'stop the Russian homophobic lessons!'". Il Grande Colibri. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – includes an interview with Kasmamytov.
• Tanhira, Miles Rutendo (13 November 2013). "Deterred but not destroyed". SOGI News. RFSL. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013 – another interview with Kasmamytov.