Througout 2010 Side by Side has held a series of special svents devoted to a range of LGBT issues. Each special event includes a film screening, and / or discussion, seminar or workshop. Participants include specialists from the field of cinema, gender studies, LGBT activism, human rights, psychology, press and mass media.
 

Special Events 2010

	II Queer Festival  Cut Homophobia and Discussion: "Do Questions of Discrimination and Injustice Worry Russian Artists?" 18 September 2010, 17.00 50 Ligovsky Prospect
	Film and Activism In coopeartion with the Goethe Institute  Film and Discussion with Wieland Speck – filmmaker and dircector of the Berlinale's Panorama Section and gay activist. 5 & 6 June 2010 Cinema Crystal Palace, 72 Nevsky Prospect
	Transgender As part of the German week My Friend from Faro and discussion: In Search of Self 23 April 2010, Cafe De, 68 Moika Kanal
	HIV & Me Film HIV & Me with Stephen Fry. Discussion on HIV in Russia. Part of the Week Against Homophobia 5 & 7 April 2010 Place: Smolny Institute, 58-60 Galernaya