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Gay men in russia
Although life in modern Russia allows many more liberties for gay men and lesbians than it did before the fall of communism, unofficial discrimination and fear are still rampant.
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Sergey Katsuba does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Essentially, we are back to the situation before
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Russia has long held strongly negative views regarding homosexuality, with recent polls indicating that a majority of Russians are against the acceptance of homosexuality and have shown support for laws discriminating against homosexuals.
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In , Russia introduced the 'anti-LGBT law' restricting the presentation and promotion of 'non-traditional relationships' that sit outside of heteronormativity. Polari Press.
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Two Russian men in this video want to "check how people in Moscow, Russia, will react to a gay couple," showing that while the LGBT community achieved a huge, historic victory in the USA.
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In a country where queerness has been legally equated to terrorism, the line between what is acceptable and what is not has blurred. Alexei Zhidkovsky, a blogger with 3 million Instagram followers who frequently appears on Russian talk shows, regularly struts forward in a full face of makeup, his hair long and heels high without evident consequence.
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Russia now ranks as one of Europe’s most dangerous places for LGBTQ+ people. Security services regularly raid gay bars and clubs, and last March, Russia for the first time pressed criminal.
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Christian Pastor Peresvetov claims religion can cure gay "perversion". Controversial "treatments" by psychotherapists and preachers are being offered to gay people in Russia.
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Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexuality in , three people have been arrested and charged under the country’s harsh new anti-LGBT laws and could face ten years in.
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At this point, Mikhail said, he lived his life openly and had not experienced much overt hostility from the day-to-day public. But in the last few years, things began to change.
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