Olga Krause

Olga Leopoldovna Krause (born March 1953) is a Russian-born poet, singer-songwriter, and LGBT rights activist.

Krause was born on 12th or 15th March 1953 in Leningrad to parents who were railway workers.

[5] She later worked at Gostinny Dvo department store in Leningrad.

[5] Krause published the Probuzhdenie (English: Awakening) journal[6] and performs as a folk singer.

[8] Despite being gay, following an unexpected breakup, she hastily married a man only to break up with him three days later.