Gulnara Sultanova

Gulnara Yuryevna Sultanova (Гюльнара Юрьевна Султанова; born August 23, 1975) is a Russian civilian and LGBT activist,  director of the International LGBT-Film Festival Side by Side and coordinator of the LGBT organization Coming Out and  Russian-German Exchange. Known for numerous speeches in the media in connection with human rights issues regarding gays and lesbians. In 2010 she was a member of the jury of the Teddy Award of the Berlin Film Festival.