A 24-year-old woman from Novosibirsk, Tamara Sobolevskaya, was forced into providing sexual services at a massage parlor after facing personal and financial crises, including some time in a religious sect as a lesbian, socialisation to conform to male needs and rape at the hands of her ex husband.
In response to her trauma, newly understood sexuality and the difficult situation she was in, Tamara started using drugs as a coping mechanism. To financially survive, she started work at the massage parlour. There Tamara endured daily exploitation and assault, explaning to Om1.ru that there was no safety or protection for the women.
After three months, Tamara managed to escape and is now sharing her story to shed light on the hidden realities of the sex trade.
Russians Ekaterina Nenakhova (30) and Olga Osipova (25) say they were never able to live their relationship freely in their home country. It was only when they landed in Brazil two months ago that the writers began to lose their fear of showing their love in public. The two tell Marie Claire how becoming viral on Brazilian TikTok gave them the courage to emigrate for good.
The couple met in 2021 and soon began dating. “It’s a classic ‘dyke’ story,” jokes Ekaterina, who participated in an LGBT story contest in which Olga was a judge. “I knew who it was because she [Ekaterina] was very popular in the queer community, she even had a YouTube channel. I read the text anonymously so as not to influence the process. But even so, I realized it was hers. It was the only one that talked about the body, about safety, about being who you are,” reveals her partner.
Olguinha, as her girlfriend calls her, took the initiative by sending a message to the writer right after the contest. The flirtation worked and, about two months later, they were already living together. However, the simple fact of being in love became a constant challenge under the country’s laws.
Since 2013, there has been a law in Russia that prohibits “propaganda” that could promote “non-traditional sexual relationships and/or preferences,” under the justification of protecting “traditional values.” “ What happened when we met was that all LGBT activities, for example, were restricted to adults. There were even gay clubs in Moscow, which were more restricted, but they existed,” says Ekaterina.
With the war in Ukraine, repression has intensified: President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws that further tightened control over the country’s LGBT population. The new legislation prohibits the dissemination of any act or information that the government considers to be “promotion of homosexuality”, whether in public spaces, films or online platforms.
“The climate was already dangerous, but it got a lot worse. Even back then, we never kissed in the street, but now it’s even worse. Before, there were some initiatives, I had my own channel, then I did a podcast with a friend about the queer community , and we had to put up warnings saying that it was for adults only,” the writer recalls.
After the new law, any form of expression became “impossible” for them. “A flag or a symbol cannot be displayed in Russia. Even something as simple as a cake with a rainbow on it can be seen as ‘propaganda’. In the last year of our life in Russia, we basically lived in constant fear.”
On March 26, German authorities attempted to deport an open lesbian to Russia, who had lived in Ukraine until 2022 but holds a Russian passport. Human rights activists managed to intercept the woman halfway to Russia, when she was waiting at a Moroccan airport to connect with a direct flight. In the end, she was allowed to leave for a third country. The Insider spoke with Anna (name changed) about how the deportation process unfolded — from the police coming to her apartment door to the attempted expulsion, which was stopped at the Moroccan airport.
“On March 18, I came to BAMF to apply for asylum on new grounds. But they didn’t accept it, saying that the first case was not yet completed and they would not accept it. And on March 25 at 6:30 in the morning, they were already standing at the door with deportation documents,” Anna says.
She filed her first asylum application in April 2022, stating that she lived in Ukraine but not stating that she was a lesbian, as there was no ban on LGBTQ+ in Russia at the time. This application was rejected in November 2024, but Anna appealed the decision.
“There were police and three other people at the door of our apartment – representatives of the Kreisverwaltung and BAMF. They took me to the police station to await the trial, scheduled for the same day.
And while we were sitting there, these three representatives were sitting on their phones, exchanging messages, laughing and looking at me. I felt incredibly uncomfortable. I realized that they were laughing at me. I asked completely normal questions: “What will happen next?”, “Why are we sitting here?”, “When will the plane leave?”, “How will all this happen?”. They answered very coldly and with disdain: “On Thursday. In the evening.”
Daria Kasatkina has announced that her application for permanent residency in Australia has been accepted — and she’ll be representing her “new homeland” from now on. The 27-year-old out lesbian tennis star originally hails from Russia, and is currently ranked No. 12 in the world. She told reporters at the Charleston Open, via The Athletic, that the decision is “emotional for me,” but that “being openly gay, if I want to be myself, I have to make this step, and I did it.” …
Kasatkina revealed her relationship with Russian Olympic figure skater Natalia Zabiiako in July, 2022 during an interview with Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko. She said at the time that “living in the closet is impossible. It is too hard, it is pointless. Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters, and f**k everyone else.”
The position of women and the LGBT community continues to worsen in many countries around the world. In many of these cases we are unable to find articles or analysis which refer specifically to the impact of the legal, political, economic and social changes on lesbians. The impact of these changes are often expected to be exacerbated for lesbians, who face the double impacts of sexism / misogyny and homophobia. Poverty, disability and racism exacerbate the impacts further still for many women. Despite this, in many traditional societies, women are restricted to the private family sphere with the violence, coercion and discrimination they face invisibilised and normalised by the imposition of expected social roles.
Elena Kostuchenko is a Russian journalist in exile who has risked her life to give a voice to the silenced people in her country, especially the LGBTQI+ community. Her story is that of a woman who has faced threats, violence and censorship, but who has never stopped fighting. Her book El meu país estimat (My Beloved Country), recently published in Catalan, collects testimonies and chronicles published in the newspaper Nóvaya Gazeta , the last independent media outlet in Russia, which was closed down for its critical stance against Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Being a lesbian in Russia is not only a personal challenge, but a matter of survival, as she explains in an interview with El Diario. “In my country, I can’t be at peace as a woman, let alone as a lesbian,” says Kostuchenko. Homophobia is not just a social prejudice, but a state policy. Laws against “LGBTQ+ propaganda” prevent any kind of visibility, and violence against the community is common. “At the first Pride march in Moscow I participated in, I ended up in the hospital after being attacked by protesters,” she recalls.
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Ielena Kostyutxenko (Iaroslavl, 1987) es una periodista rusa en el exilio que ha arriesgado su vida por dar voz a las personas silenciadas en su país, especialmente a la comunidad LGTBIQ+. Su historia es la de una mujer que ha enfrentado amenazas, violencia y censura, pero que nunca ha dejado de luchar. Su libro El meu país estimat (Mi país querido), recientemente publicado en catalán, recoge testimonios y crónicas publicadas en el diario Nóvaya Gazeta, el último medio independiente de Rusia, que fue clausurado por su postura crítica contra el régimen de Vladímir Putin.
Ser lesbiana en Rusia no solo es un desafío personal, sino una cuestión de supervivencia, y así lo cuenta en una entrevista a El Diario. “En mi país, no puedo estar tranquila siendo mujer, y mucho menos siendo lesbiana”, afirma Kostyutxenko. La homofobia no es solo un prejuicio social, sino una política de Estado. Las leyes contra la “propaganda LGTBIQ+” impiden cualquier tipo de visibilidad, y la violencia contra la comunidad es frecuente. “En la primera marcha del Orgullo en Moscú en la que participé, terminé en el hospital tras ser agredida por manifestantes contrarios”, recuerda.
In Krasnodar, last weekend, security forces raided a nightclub on Suvorov Street in Krasnodar. We are talking about the “Central Base”, which is known among city residents as a local gay club*. There were about 200 people there.
The raid was carried out by employees of the Center for Combating Extremism (CPE), the Drug Control Department (DCD), the Department for the Execution of Administrative Legislation (DEL) of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs, and security forces of the Russian National Guard.
Two Krasnodar women, aged 28 and 40, were detained at the club. The press service of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs called the women “supporters of a public movement banned and recognized as extremist in the territory of the Russian Federation.” Protocols were drawn up against them under Part 1 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (Propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences, gender reassignment).
On Thursday, an FSB officer told us we were going to be freed as part of a prisoner swap — the miracle we had been waiting and hoping for. At first, I didn’t believe it — for 2 ½ years, I’d been lied to every single day. I thought that I would be serving the rest of my sentence — seven years. Russian political prisoners don’t have the privilege of early release.
Experts and politicians have grave fears for the safety of American lesbian basketballer Brittney Griner, after her arrest in Russia a month ago.
Custom officials arrested the American WNBA star at an airport near Moscow on or around February 17, according to the US government.
Russian authorities accused the two-time Olympic gold medalist of having a vape cartridge containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
However a month later, very little is publicly known about Griner’s circumstances, including her current whereabouts. US politicians have said Russia has blocked US consular support for several weeks.
Jonathan Franks, who has worked with numerous American citizens in similar situations, told CNN he’s “very concerned” about Griner.
“This has a lot of hallmarks of a very wrongful and arbitrary detention,” he explained.
“I think that it’s a huge mistake to report these allegations as if they’re true or even are likely to be true.”
Franks dismissed the statement from the Russian Customs Service, accusing Griner of “smuggling significant amounts of narcotic substances”.
“They’re making her out to sound like a drug kingpin,” he said.
“I think that it is unlikely that Ms. Griner will get a fair trial, because nobody gets a fair trial in Russia. It’s a rigged game.”
After a Russian grocery chain apologized for featuring gay parents in an ad, two lesbian parents told Meduza what it’s like to live in a country where their very portrayal qualifies as offensive.
In late June, the Russian grocery store chain VkusVill put out an advertisement featuring a lesbian couple as part of its “Recipes for Family Happiness” campaign. The ad set off an avalanche of homophobic comments and threats against the company, and VkusVill soon announced it would delete the ad, calling it “a mistake that occurred as a result of some individual employees’ unprofessionalism.” This sparked another wave of criticism on social media, as people accused the chain of cowardice and hypocrisy. Throughout the debate, however, there’s been almost no mention of the difficulties same-sex couples in Russia actually face. To learn more about what life is like for same-sex parented families in Russia, Meduza spoke to Yana and Yaroslava, two women in a loving relationship who are now raising a child together.
In the Tula region, the Khomyakov Home literary festival was canceled after complaints from Orthodox activists. They were outraged by one of the participants – the writer and open lesbian Oksana Vasyakina.
The festival was to take place in the Bogucharovo estate, which belonged to the founder of early Slavophilism, Alexei Khomyakov. The organizers said that the event had to be canceled due to the COVID epidemic in the region. Vasyakina’s friend, feminist Daria Serenko, believes that the reason is different. According to her, “Orthodox activists” and security officials tried to expel Vasyakina from the festival “because she is a lesbian.” The organizers did not agree to expel her, allegedly leading to the entire festival being canceled.
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В Тульской области отменили литературный фестиваль «Хомяков home» после жалоб православных активистов. Их возмутила одна из участниц — писательница и открытая лесбиянка Оксана Васякина.
Фестиваль должен был пройти в усадьбе «Богучарово», принадлежавшей основоположнику раннего славянофильства Алексею Хомякову. Однако организаторы сообщили, что мероприятие пришлось отменить из-за эпидемиологической обстановки в регионе. Подруга Васякиной, феминистка Дарья Серенко, считает, что причина в другом. По ее словам, «православные активисты» и силовики пытались выгнать Васякину с фестиваля «за то, что она лесбиянка». Организаторы не согласились, и потому якобы был отменен весь фестиваль.
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A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats.
Mother Yuma, daughters Mila and Alina, and Alina’s girlfriend Ksyusha have said they were forced to leave Russia for Spain after they featured in an ad in which they said they enjoyed VkusVill’s onigiri rice balls and hummus.
“Unfortunately, due to the complicated situation with VkusVill, we have been left without work and without a home,” wrote daughter Mila on Instagram, posting a picture from a balcony in Spain.
“Right now me and my family very much need to get settled in Barcelona. It’s a difficult time for us and we need friends,” she continued. “Maybe the friends of your friends or their friends can help us start our new life in Barcelona.”
The ad met with a conservative backlash in Russia, which passed a law in 2013 banning “gay propaganda”. VkusVill quickly pulled the advertisement and replaced it with one that featured heterosexual families. It issued a public apology and said the original ad “hurt the feelings of a large number of our customers and employees”.
After the ad’s removal, the family said they were targeted by a hate campaign, culminating in the four women fleeing to Spain in order to ensure their safety.
Yulia Tsvetkova is a young Russian artist and activist from Komsomolsk on the Amur (a city in the extreme east of Russia), who has suffered a homophobic and sexist campaign since March 2019, for defending the rights of women and LGBTI people.
She is accused of committing a crime of “production and dissemination of pornographic material” as a result of drawings of real women which she posted on social media as part of her activism. The criminal trial began on April 12 and she faces up to six years in prison. Given the desperate situation in which she finds herself, Yulia announced that she was on hunger strike on May 1, demanding that the process be sped up, the appointment of a public defender and the opening up of the trial, the hearings of which are held behind closed doors with all media excluded.
Unfortunately, since the process began, Yulia has been the target of homophobic attacks from various people, and of harassment and threats over the phone, on social media and by mail. In addition, she suffered harassment by the Russian police for more than a year, including arbitrary detention, searches at her home and workplace, an enforced psychiatric examination, and almost 4 months of house arrest during which time she could not get necessary medical care.
Previously, in December 2019, she was found guilty of committing an administrative offense, for “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations between minors”, and was fined 50,000 rubles (780 US dollars) for being the administrator of two LGBTI communities online in the Russian social network VKontakte.
In January 2020 a new administrative action was initiated against her for publishing his drawing on social networks “Family is where love is. Support LGBTI Families”, which represents two same-sex couples with sons and daughters. For this, Yulia was found guilty in July 2020, and was fined again. In parallel, that same month, administrative proceedings for the same type of offense were initiated for the third time. (Translated)
Yulia Tsvetkova es una joven artista y activista rusa de Komsomolsk del Amur (ciudad del extremo oriental de Rusia), que desde marzo de 2019 sufre una campaña homófoba y machista por defender los derechos de las mujeres y las personas LGBTI. Está acusada de cometer un delito de “producción y difusión de material pornográfico” a raíz de unos dibujos de mujeres reales que publicó en las redes sociales como parte de su activismo. El juicio penal comenzó el pasado 12 de abril y se enfrenta a hasta seis años de cárcel. Ante la desesperada situación en la que se encuentra, Yulia anunció el 1 de mayo una huelga de hambre, exigiendo celeridad en su proceso, la personación de un defensor público y la apertura del juicio, ya que actualmente las vistas se celebran a puerta cerrada (tampoco hay prensa).
Lamentablemente, desde que se inició el proceso Yulia ha sido objeto de ataques homófobos de distintas personas, y de acoso y amenazas por teléfono, en redes sociales y por correo. Además, sufrió acoso por parte de la policía rusa durante más de un año, incluyendo una detención arbitraria, registros en su domicilio y su lugar de trabajo, sometimiento a un examen psiquiátrico, y un arresto domiciliario de casi cuatro meses durante el que no pudo recibir la atención médica que necesitaba.
Con anterioridad, en diciembre de 2019 fue declarada culpable de cometer una infracción administrativa, por “propaganda de relaciones sexuales no tradicionales entre menores”, y fue multada con 50.000 rublos (780 dólares estadounidenses) por ser administradora de dos comunidades LGBTI en línea en la red social rusa VKontakte.
Y en enero de 2020 se inició una nueva actuación administrativa en su contra por publicar en las redes sociales su dibujo “La familia es donde está el amor. Apoye a las familias LGBTI”, que representa a dos parejas del mismo sexo con hijos e hijas. Por este hecho, Yulia fue declarada culpable en julio de 2020, siendo de nuevo multada. En paralelo, ese mismo mes, se iniciaron por tercera vez actuaciones administrativas por el mismo tipo de infracción. (Original)
The ad was initially posted to the company’s official website as well as other social media channels. The chain quickly pulled the ad after an intense backlash and replaced the lesbian family with another heterosexual family.
The family at the centre of the storm, Yuma and her daughters Mila and Alina, along with Alina’s fiancee Ksyusha, have reportedly faced ongoing harassment and threats. Mila told the BBC that her family had been subjected to homophobic abuse and “threats to murder my family”. She added that they had also received just as many messages of support. …
The advertisement was released with an 18+ warning label in an effort to fall in line with the “gay propaganda law,” which was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin in June 2013. The controversial law bans the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minors.” Violators of the law can face heavy fines with organisations and businesses subject to fines of one million rubles and forced closures for up to 90 days.
Company Apologises, Pulls Ad The company released an apology on its official Facebook page, signed by the founder of VkusVill, Andrey Krivenko and many of his management team. The post said, “There was an article here that hurt the feelings of many of our customers, staff, partners and suppliers. We regret that this has happened and consider the publication to be our mistake, arising from a lack of professionalism on the part of the brand’s employees. The aim of our company is to help our customers have access to fresh and delicious produce and not to publish materials expressing political opinions or various points of view held by society. In no way did we wish to become a source of discord or hatred.”
The Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs did not initiate a case after the statement of Chechen woman Aminat Lorsanova about her torture because of her sexual orientation, reports Mediazona.
The lesbian from Chechnya complained to the Prosecutor General’s Office about the inaction of the TFR in January 2020. Aminat Lorsanova demanded to open a criminal case of torture, in which she accused her parents, a family friend and the staff of the borderline clinic. According to the victim, upon learning that she was lesbian, all these people tried to “drive the genie out of her.”
The victim said that in 2018 she was twice placed in psychiatric hospitals, where she was beaten and tortured, an acquaintance of her parents who visited her in the clinic also read verses from the Koran at the same time, and her father forcibly injected her with tranquilizers, sealed her mouth, put handcuffs on her and put her to sleep. In April 2019, the girl fled Russia; in January 2020 she filed a complaint with the police, and a month later she complained to the Prosecutor General’s Office about the inaction of the police.
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МВД Чечни не стало возбуждать дело после заявления чеченки Аминат Лорсановой о пытках из-за её сексуальной ориентации, сообщает «Медиазона».
Лесбиянка из Чечни пожаловалась в Генпрокуратуру на бездействие СКРАминат Лорсанова в январе 2020 года потребовала возбудить уголовное дело о пытках, в которых обвинила своих родителей, знакомого семьи и персонал клиники пограничных состояний. По словам девушки, узнав о том, что она гомосексуальна, все эти люди пытались «изгнать из неё джинна».
Девушка рассказала, что в 2018 году её дважды помещали в психиатрические стационары, где её избивали и пытали, знакомый родителей, навестивший её в клинике, ещё и читал при этом стихи из Корана, а отец насильно колол ей транквилизаторы, заклеивал рот, надевал наручники и заставлял спать. В апреле 2019 года девушка сбежала из России, в январе 2020 года подала заявление в полицию, а спустя месяц пожаловалась в Генпрокуратуру на бездействие полицейских.
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On the evening of December 8, near the Kitay-Gorod metro station in Moscow, unidentified male persons beat 21-year-old Diana Savelyeva . According to Ren TV and Readovka, the attack took place because of her sexual orientation – the victim is a lesbian.
According to media reports, the girl barely made it home, and then her friend took her to the emergency room where Savelyeva was diagnosed with a concussion and head injury. Numerous hematomas and bruises were found on her body.
The police are investigating the circumstances of the incident. It is not yet clear who beat the girl and how he found out about her orientation. Now the victim is in the hospital, they are looking for the criminal.
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Вечером 8 декабря рядом с метро «Китай-город» в Москве неизвестные избили 21-летнюю Диану Савельеву. Как пишут «Рен ТВ» и Readovka, нападение произошло из‑за ее сексуальной ориентации, пострадавшая — лесбиянка.
По данным СМИ, девушка с трудом добралась до дома, а затем подруга доставила ее в травмпункт. Там Савельевой диагностировали сотрясение мозга и черепно-мозговую травму. На ее теле обнаружили многочисленные гематомы и кровоподтеки.
Полиция выясняет обстоятельства случившегося. Пока неясно, кто избил девушку, и как узнал о ее ориентации. Сейчас пострадавшая находится в больнице, преступника ищут.
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“I feel that today there are so many invisible female political prisoners: mothers, wives – women who bear an incredible burden thanks to political trials,” says Russian artist Yulia Tsvetkova, who’s been designated a political prisoner by the Memorial human rights association. “Political prisoners are heroes, but women are the invisible service staff.”
Tsvetkova, a theatre director, feminist and LGBT activist, has had time to reflect. In October 2019, she was interrogated in her hometown of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and in November her social media posts led to her flat and theatre studio being searched for evidence of pornography. Tsvetkova was charged with spreading pornography and has been under house arrest since 23 November last year.
As part of the investigation, Tsvetkova has been accused of spreading “homosexual propaganda” among underage people and fined 50,000 roubles (£500). Tsvetkova has run several educational projects in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, as well as a youth theatre, online groups on feminism and sex education for young people and a Vagina Monologues group which celebrated the power and uniqueness of the female body.
In March this year, a district council reduced the charge against Tsvetkova and released her from house arrest on the basis that she would not leave the country. But Tsvetkova is still charged with spreading pornography for publishing illustrated educational material, for which she can be given a two-to-six-year prison sentence.
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What’s happening with the persecution of activists and people who openly talk about sexual minorities, feminism, human rights and sexuality? To what extent do you feel that these issues are taboo in Russia and how this situation can change in the future?
I am the person who they started persecuting when I created The Pink and the Blue, a show about gender stereotypes which I put on at the Merak theatre. And I feel that this already says a lot.
I believe that a lot depends on culture, or rather, lack of it. For example, I needed an ambulance after my arrest and the medics that examined me asked about my case and also, whether I was a paedophile. These aren’t bad people; they just lack culture. People are curious – I can understand that: my case is unprecedented in our city. Because I have short hair, I’ve been asked four times on the street whether I’m male or female. When that happens, I feel shock and embarrassment. And people just don’t see that I’m embarrassed and that haircuts don’t define gender.
The question of my sexual orientation comes up at nearly every police interrogation. The need to physically examine me, for example, is all to do with the fact that I’m a lesbian. And as for my case, there seems to be an idea that the female body is public property. I’ve heard cops going on about how we should be having kids, not displaying our vaginas. But even if I wanted to display my vagina, it’s my right and my vagina.
Yulia Tsvetkova, who was charged with spreading “gay propaganda” among minors three times in less than a year, was fined by a court in the eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Friday (July 10).
Vladimir Putin and his government banned so-called “gay propaganda” in 2013, prohibiting the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minors”. Under his rule, sharing information about LGBT+ people’s lives can earn a person a prison sentence.
Tsvetkova was prosecuted for her colourful drawings showing LGBT+ relationships. One of the drawings, called “A family where love is”, shows gay and lesbian couples with their children.
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She was also investigated for running a social-media page called Vagina Monologues, which encourages people to share artistic depictions of vaginas in order to “remove the taboo”.
The 27-year-old is facing a criminal trial for the offence of pornography after posting drawings of vaginas online in this group.
If convicted on these charges, Tsvetkova faces six years in prison.
A second case was drawn up against Julia Tsvetkova, a feminist and artist from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, alleging promotion of “gay propaganda” among minors – because of the picture in support of LGBT families “Family is where there is love” and other materials in relation to this topic. RFI reported the news about Julia Tsvetkova on July 2.
Third Case:
A third case alleging promotion of homosexuality has been opened against artist and LGBT activist Julia Tsvetkova, as reported on her Facebook wall. The trigger for the case is the picture published by Julia for the flashmob #Yes I choose, which was launched on social networks in response to a video promoting amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation with the involvement of same-sex families.
“With the previous administration, the investigation took six months. Therefore, it is too early to talk about the protocol, the court and the fine in the context of the new case. Is it possible this case won’t reach court? I doubt it. My predictions are that they will dig and dig for everything they want. So far it works that way. What is this about? The fact that they are not far behind me? That the country is homophobic? That a shell can hit three times in one place? That all this is not ok? Why state the obvious? This is probably all I can say now. And also, that I will not choose a country in which three charges are laid just to oppose the idea that “Family is where there is love,” Tsvetkova noted.
На феминистку и художницу из Комсомольска-на-Амуре Юлию Цветкову составили новый протокол о «гей-пропаганде» среди несовершеннолетних — из-за картинки в поддержку ЛГБТ-семей «Семья там, где любовь» и других материалов на эту тему Вконтакте. Об этом Юлия Цветкова 2 июля сообщила RFI.
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На художницу и ЛГБТ-активистку Юлию Цветкову заведено третье административное дело о пропаганде гомосексуализма. Она сообщила об этом на своей странице в фейсбуке. Причиной послужила картинка, опубликованная девушкой в рамках флешмоба #ДаВыберу, который был запущен в соцсетях в ответ на ролик за поправки в Конституцию РФ с участием однополой семьи.
«По предыдущей административке проведение экспертизы заняло полгода. Поэтому говорить о протоколе, суде и штрафе в рамках нового дела пока рано. Может ли это дело не дойти до суда? Сомневаюсь. Мои прогнозы, что копать будут и накопают все, что хотят. Пока это работает именно так. О чем это говорит? О том, что от меня не отстали? О том, что страна гомофобна? О том, что снаряд может трижды ударить в одно место? О том, что все это не ок? Зачем проговаривать очевидное? Наверное, это все, что я могу сказать сейчас. А еще, что я не выберу страну, в которой за идею “Семья там, где любовь” с подачи ФСБ заводят уже третье дело подряд», — отметила Цветкова.
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