He LGTBI collective He lives dark days in Russia, where his rights are bombarded through legislation. In the video we learn the story of Anastasia and Anna, who decided to leave the country to escape the discrimination they suffered.

They got married in Buenos Aires at the beginning of the year, where they live with their four children. They still remember the fear they felt when they decided to hold hands for the first time after leaving their country: “It was terrifying. We looked around and no one was really looking“.

At least 31 Russian same-sex couples have married in Argentina in so far this year. And it is that living as a member of the LGTBI community in Russia has become increasingly difficult. A law prohibits selling books on this subject in the country, which came to be called “gay propaganda”, forcing their total withdrawal from bookstores.

Lyubov Belatskaya Co-owner of the bookstore ‘Todo el mundo es libre’, says that they warned their clients that they informed the public that some books would disappear, causing the opposite effect to that desired: “Out of a feeling of protest, people bought them.”

This same week, the Kremlin has presented a law that will prohibit the change of sex both in the operating room and in identity documents. For many transgender people, among whom suicide rates are already very high, the only way out is exile.

“As Russia’s first transgender politician I can say that this law is not only discriminatory, but also prohibits the very existence of transgender people in Russia. It’s a genocide against transsexuals“, commented to EFE Yulia Alióshina, candidate for governor for the Siberian region of Altai.