Discrimination, blackmail and underground medicine. What is happening to transpeople in Russia now?
Illustration: Mila Grabowski / Mediazona Last year, a law came into force in Russia that prohibits operations related to transgender transition, as well as changing the gender marker in documents. In addition, the Supreme Court declared the “LGBT movement” an extremist organization. On November 13, the day the international transgender awareness week began, Mediazona spoke with trans activists about how transgender people, whom the state has designated as an internal enemy, live in Russia now.