Katya and Veta: a story of love, bullying and emigration in one TikTok

If you are a queer person and find yourself in a difficult situation, write to us, it is anonymous and safe, we will try to help. Telegram @justgotluckybot Katya and Veta started dating as teenagers, in their first year of college. During the pandemic, they moved in with Katya&#039;s parents — &quot;just friends.&quot; They started TikTok and started making regular videos: POV, &quot;when the girl was unfaithful,&quot; &quot;if we were Disney princesses,&quot; all according to TikTok canon, with jokes, hugs, at first even without kisses. Problems started almost immediately, and the girls also started making fun of these problems on TikTok. Then the war, along with new laws and state propaganda, the reality became such that it became harder to make lollipop TikToks about love. In this interview, we talked in detail with the girls about what was left behind the scenes of vertical videos with trendy music, why Veta and Katya eventually left, and what is happening to them now in Spain. 00:00 — What is the episode about? 00:47 – We couldn’t accept our love for a whole year. In the third month, we started talking about our relationship on TikTok 03:45 – Katya: They taught me to fight and I fought 05:22 – “Society is putting pressure on me and telling me that this can’t be.” 12:01 – If no one accepted you, where did you get the strength to come out? 20:06 – “I knew right away that half of my friends would reject me” 06/22 – We decided to be TikTok bloggers and downloaded TikTok for the first time 27:31 – The problems started as soon as people found out about our relationship 31:52 – &quot;Your daughters are filming a lesbian video within the college walls&quot;: How did the parents react? 39:23 – Where does all this impudence come from? 41:41 – “They filed a collective complaint against us”: first clash with the police 48.01 – Teachers failed us in exams, all classmates turned away 54:34 – Bullying only had a positive effect on our relationship 57:35 – Our goal was to run and then solve all the problems 01:03:45 – After the war began, did you notice what was happening around you? 01:11:35 – Legalization in Spain and relations with parents after departure 01:18:35 – Now we can kiss on the street 01:24:09 – Why did you choose Spain? The future, children and soft skin Our cameraman Vyacheslav Ivanchuk spoke with Dmitry Nazarov and Olga Vasilyeva in Barcelona <a href="https://youtu.be/_4EmXY_Qxso" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/_4EmXY_Qxso</a>