«Looking heterosexual is my protection». How queer women in Russia marry men to survive
After Russia’s Supreme Court declared the «international LGBT public movement» an extremist organization in 2023, queer people have had to look for new ways to protect themselves. For some women, that way has been marriage to a man: it allows them to look «like everyone else» in the eyes of others and enjoy the corresponding social privileges. But safety comes at the cost of hiding oneself and new psychological trauma. «Most» tells four such stories.
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