Who Controls a Gay Rsian Teen-ager’s Story? | The New Yorker

Contents:

• WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?
• GAY RSIAN TEENS MUNITE SECRET TO AVOID LAW ON 'PROPAGANDA'
• A RSIAN TEEN WAS REPORTEDLY ARRTED FOR "GAY PROPAGANDA"

WHO CONTROLS A GAY RSIAN TEEN-AGER’S STORY?

In December 2022, Rsia expand s existg “gay propaganda” law to exert ntrol over public discsns and narrativ surroundg non-heterosexual relatnships and inti. As a gay man a untry that ma anti-gay iology a foundatn of s anti-Ukrae propaganda, he feared for his life every day. In his seven years as a gay activist, Maysky has never seen Rsian-speakg LGBTQ+ immigrants g to California such great numbers.

Petersburg who left Rsia after his parents threatened to sue his therapist who backed him receivg hormone therapy; and Ivan, 18, who is gay, half Rsian and half Ukraian, and “didn’t want to kill people. Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia’s anti-gay laws.

GAY RSIAN TEENS MUNITE SECRET TO AVOID LAW ON 'PROPAGANDA'

“My parents are very nservative and they don’t believe gay people should exist, ” said Max, who didn’t disclose his last name for fear of retaliatn agast his parents who live St. Most of his iends are the closet or fled the untry — and many of them, he said, were vlently attacked by anti-gay groups before they left. Thoands of members of the LGBTQ+ muny are fleeg Rsia due to anti-gay laws.

A survey published 2020 by Mosw-based non-ernmental rearch anizatn the Levada Center, found that about 30% of Rsians wanted to isolate gay people om society. One of the rearchers, Ekatera Kochega, told NBC News that many Rsians “would not want to see gay people existg.

A RSIAN TEEN WAS REPORTEDLY ARRTED FOR "GAY PROPAGANDA"

Although is not illegal to be an LGBTQ+ person Rsia, a ago the Kreml passed a so-lled “gay propaganda law” banng the distributn of rmatn about gay relatnships among mors. Maksim and Dmrii say they n’t wa to marry and start a fay, somethg that they, as gay men, wouldn’t be able to experience back home.