Gay rus

He works with the Vyhod Group, which provides legal and psychological support to LGBTQ+ people.

‘I fear we’ll be crushed by the wheels of history’

Heinrich and Tel are both trans men. She now conducts security audits for organizations associated with vulnerable minorities.

Violetta adds, “The government can dictate whatever it wants.

This is one of the benefits of living in a big city, he believes: “People get tired of each other and don’t really care.”

Ayan believes the ban on LGBTQ+ people is intended to “remove people from the information field, to make them completely invisible.” And you can do whatever you want to the invisible.

According to Ayan, after November 2023, free art disappeared from his world.

He has always wanted a child. Heinrich now works as a logistics specialist, and Tel is a doctor. Which means that, if you’re young and gay in Putin’s Russia, you’re ostracized and cut off from any kind of legal support network.

We travel to Russia ahead of February’s Sochi Winter Olympics to investigate the effects of the country’s state-sanctioned homophobia.

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U.N.

Now, such assessments are useless “because of the law, you can’t get hormone therapy or have surgeries.” Considering everything, the 19 year old Mark decided not to change his passport and officially remained a woman so the couple could register their relationship.

By city standards, Mark doesn’t look extravagant; he resembles Daniel Radcliffe casting Harry Potter more than a flamboyant character.

Thank you for standing with us.