Our hero talks about how, through the difficult experience of living with drug addiction and deep internalized homophobia, he began to come to accept himself and his sexuality. "Child of the Nineties" I was born 35 years ago in a border town. During my formative years, from 3 to 16 years old, I lived in a small border village. We had a full family, average income, no problems. My parents worked in the civil service.

We are publishing an appeal from scientists from the Higher School of Economics to our audience with an invitation to anonymously participate in a study on masculinity. In recent years, thanks in large part to the increasing visibility of GBT men, ideas about masculinity have been rapidly changing. As a result of these changes, adaptation and correction of the scientific apparatus that scientists use to study masculinity is required.