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Made by Elizaveta Chon-Chon-Son
Gender Studies, 2022 Spring-Summer
PS.The beginning at the end!

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LGBT in Russia: Coming out as a transgender woman

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Interesting videos to watch

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Conclusion

Russian young people have a positive tendency towards LGBTQ community. They find them rather sincere, funny, nice people. Juat a few people have gay friends, probably because that members of LGBTQ community usually keep their sexual orientation as a secret. They are often afraid of hatred, discrimination,contemp, disrespect. Also lots of people are aware of difficult position pf LGBTQ community on Russia and want to change unfair governmetal policy.

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5. What would you change in governmental policy towards LGBTQ community in Russia?

43%  Restrictions on social rights

35% Nothing

12%  Allow speaking about it openly on TV

10% Start sex education at schools

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4.Do you think it is difficult to be a part of LGBTQ community in Russia?Why?Why not?

84% Difficult

Because of government, traditions, society conservatism, lack of sex education, discrimination, hatred

16% It`s ok

Because society is changing, Internet and worldwide support, freedon of expression

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3. What influences sexual orientation?

40% socialization,  mass culture

36% family, upbringing

17% difficult to answer

7% puberty period

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2.Do you have gay\lebian\transgender\queer friend?

60% don`t have

32% don`t know about it, cause  they don`t come out

8% have
What`s your attitude towards them?

80% like them\ best friends\ they are funny and etc

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Answers

1.What`s your position on LGBTQ?

55% neutral or don`t care

25% positive\ respect\like

20% negative\ hate

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Questions:
1. What`s your position on LGBTQ?
2. Do you  have gay\lesbian\transgender\queer friends?What is your attitude towards them?
3. What influence sexual orientation?
4. Do think it is difficult to be a part of LGBTQ community in Russia?Why?Why not?
5. What would you change in governmental policy towards LGBTQ community in Russia?

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LGBTQ+ is an initialism that means:

L
Lesbian

G
Gay

B
Bisexual

T
Transgender

Q
Queer or
Questioning

People often use LGBTQ+ to mean all of the communities included in the “LGBTTTQQIAA”:

Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender
Transsexual
2/Two-Spirit
Queer
Questioning
Intersex
Asexual
Ally

+ Pansexual
+ Agender
+ Gender Queer
+ Bigender
+ Gender Variant
+ Pangender

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LGBTQ rights are another important part of gender studies. That`s why I decided to ask Russian young people what they think of LGBTQ issues. Method of research is poll. Respondents are 30 people from 18-35.

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Russian culture generally possesses very strong conceptions about femininity and masculinity. Women are expected to be well groomed, reserved and have a feminine look. Meanwhile, though men are also expected to present themselves tidily, it's more acceptable for them to be unshaved, slightly unkempt and out of shape. If a Russian man is too well groomed, it may raise questions about his masculinity.

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Women have equal rights to study and work in Russia. The communist regime sought to empower women and increase gender equality. However, since the collapse of communism, a significant amount of the progress towards gender equality has eroded. In the midst of high unemployment, women were the first to lose their jobs, and a traditionalist view of the division of labour and family life became popular again. Many women saw their participation in the workforce as a “double burden” when coupled with household labour as it continued to be considered the female’s duty to complete domestic tasks.

Today, many women work to increase the household income and all generally have the opportunity to pursue higher education. However, they still do not occupy as many leadership positions. Men continue to dominate the public sphere and, since quotas for female representation were discarded, the numbers of women in politics have declined.

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Gender equality in Russia. Is it possible in the nearest future?