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TOP RSIAN TENNIS PLAYER DARIA KASATKA OUT AS GAY

Daria Kasatka, Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player, me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry. * photos of russia gay *

Rsia’s hight ranked female tennis player me out as gay an terview, while addrsg risg homophobic attus the untry. “This notn of someone wantg to be gay or beg one is ridiculo. “Serly, if there is a choice, no one would choose beg gay.

In 2013, the untry passed a “gay propaganda” law, which has been ed to target the LGTBQ muny, acrdg to The Council for Global Equaly. Tatiana Vgradova took portras of young gay men Rsia.

When photographer Tatiana Vogradova set out to document the tolerance toward homosexualy Rsia, her first challenge was fdg people willg to be ptured on mera.

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A photograph that highlights the difficulti facg sexual mori Rsia has won the World Prs Photo ntt's top prize. 'Jon and Alex', om a project lled 'Homophobia Rsia', shows an 'timate moment' between a gay uple om St. Petersburg and won Danish photographer Mads Nissen the Contempory Issu tegory of the petn, as well as the first prize for a sgle image, tg him 11,500 Euro and Canon DSLR equipment. See wners * photos of russia gay *

“Realy has driven the gay muny unrground, ” Vogradova said. “In Rsia, only 1% of the gay populatn dar to live openly. “The visual ncept mirrors the ia that beg gay Rsia is not a rabow-lored life.

Vogradova read a 2013 survey by the Levada Center that said 74% of Rsians did not thk homosexualy should be accepted by society.

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Addnally, said 16% of Rsians thought gay people should be isolated om society, 22% thought they should be forced to unrgo treatment and 5% thought they should be “liquidated. Before takg their photographs, Vogradova would have nversatns wh her subjects and a personal story emerged for each one: “About rejectn by their parents and tolerance om society, about g out and acceptg themselv as gay, about lonels and fears, about their dreams and love, ” she said. The untry as a whole has a reputatn of profound homophobia.

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Art platform to promote queer and gay photography. It now reprents more than 67 photographers om 27 untri - cludg Cha, India, Iran, Poland, Rsia and Turkey where gay rights are reprsed and queer liv unr nstant threat.There have been onle and physil exhibns, and two sold out BOYS!

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