A gay Rsian man is hidg after Rsian thori opened a crimal se over a YouTube vio which he was terviewed by children, a se that has drawn attentn om human-rights activists.
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GAY MAN RSIA FORCED TO HIDG OVER YOUTUBE TERVIEW
Dpe the ernment’s anti-gay rtrictns and the untry’s nservative views on LGBTQ issu, some lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Rsians, like Androsha, are publicly sharg their inti and formg muny, particularly the untry’s largt ci. Known as the “gay propaganda law,” the legislatn stat that any act or event that thori em to promote homosexualy to those unr 18 is a fable offense. A 2019 poll om the Rsian LGBT Network, a Rsian queer advocy group, found 56 percent of LGBTQ rponnts reported experiencg psychologil abe, and disturbg reports have emerged recent years of the state-sanctned tentn and torture of gay and bisexual men Chechnya, a semitonomo Rsian regn.