The threat of violence or condemnation frequently hangs over lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Russia. RFE/RL’s Russian Service program, Signs of Life, spoke with Yekaterina, who was born the son of an officer in the Soviet armed forces and now acts as a bodyguard at LGBT events. It is the personal story of the conflicted and often difficult life of an Orthodox Christian transgender person living in Moscow. (For the full documentary in Russian, please see: http://www.svoboda.org/media/video/27850418.html)
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