Local police and Navalny supporters in Yaroslavl team up to protect LGBT demonstrators from harassment
On Monday, November 20, when LGBT rights supporters around the world recognize Transgender Day of Remembrance, a small group of activists staged a picket in Yaroslavl, taking turns holding up homemade signs protesting violence against transgender people. The demonstration also drew a small but aggressive crowd of counter-protesters, who shouted slurs at the LGBT rights activists, many of whom were themselves transgender individuals.