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From Russia With Love" Photography Series Profiles Lesbian Couples Living In Russia
A photo series, featured in queer arts journal Muff Magazine, features couples living under Russia’s anti-gay propaganda laws.
Katerina, 20 and Zhanna, 25
“Eventually, our plan is to leave the country and move to Europe. That way, we can live our lives to the fullest and stop hiding away.”
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Kate, 29 and Nina, 32
“Tragedy brought us together. Kate was celebrating her friend’s birthday on a boat when it collided with another. Nine of the 16 people on board were killed, but Kate survived, and Nina was among those who arrived on the scene. It took us five months to realise we were in love and wanted to be together.”
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http://www.muffmagazine.com/2013/09/from-russia-with-love/
Irina, 27 and Antonina, 31
We have social networking, mutual friends and a little bit of good fortune to thank for our first encounter. After that, it took just a few days of talking over the internet and telephone before we decided to meet. Four years later, we’re still in love.
We are very modest in public. We’d never kiss passionately in front of people, just the same as if we were a heterosexual couple. There’s something very personal about showing affection.
Gay people don’t have any legal rights in Russia. With the new law, our relationships are somewhere between legal and illegal. It’s all very sad.
In the future, all we want is to keep our little family together. Maybe if we’re lucky one day we’ll have a child.
TYY
Irina, 27 and Antonina, 31
We have social networking, mutual friends and a little bit of good fortune to thank for our first encounter. After that, it took just a few days of talking over the internet and telephone before we decided to meet. Four years later, we’re still in love.
We are very modest in public. We’d never kiss passionately in front of people, just the same as if we were a heterosexual couple. There’s something very personal about showing affection.
Gay people don’t have any legal rights in Russia. With the new law, our relationships are somewhere between legal and illegal. It’s all very sad.
In the future, all we want is to keep our little family together. Maybe if we’re lucky one day we’ll have a child.
TYY