Life in Russia for the LGBTIQA+ Community | Reggie Yates Extreme Russia |  

Lining in Russia, it's very important for me to see a foreigner fucking baffled by it. It helps me see, that I don't live in a normal situation. I swear, it used to different. The "I'll surely go to prison for this" mentality never went away out of my life, but there was a time I wasn't so scared. I want to cry every time I realise how scared I actually am every day. It's not normal. It can be different.

The thing about homophobia. Someone doesn’t have to be homosexaual to have experienced a homophobic attack.

LOVE IS LOVE LGBTQ FOR LIFE 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

Oh my God it's HORRIBLE, I REALLY FEEL FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN RUSSIA, I'M HETEROSEXUAL,but I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, and IF I WAS GAY, I WOULDN'T LIVE IN A COUNTRY LIKE THAT! , THAT'S VERY INHUMAN, AND SAVAGE, I WOULDN'T EVEN VISIT A COUNTRY LIKE THAT! IT'S HORRIBLE! ,

Live and let live. Stay out of people's life and underwear.

It's crazy how they are so passionate about someone who does not want anything to do with them. Religion is used wrongfully.

Reggie Yates’ programme is a truly insightful look at the challenges faced by the LGBTIQA+ community in Russia. Their courage and resilience in the face of hardship and discrimination is truly admirable. This is an important piece of work that raises global awareness of issues related to human rights and personal freedom. Hopefully, through reports like this, the international community can support and promote positive change in countries that are still struggling.

It’s 2024 and people still believe people choose this. As if they want to be rebuked, hunted, harassed, and assaulted.

Sé que México ve a Rusia como un hermano cercano y un aliado muy poderoso, pero como mexicano no apoyo al gobierno ruso. Reprendo los actos atroces cometidos contra la comunidad LGBT. Creo firmemente que la religión no debería influir en cómo un cuidadano de comportarse.Siento firmemente que amar a personas del mismo género o expresar tu verdadero ser no conduce a una vida o existencia inmoral. Exijo firmemente que se aplique la tolerancia en la sociedad rusa. 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽🌈🇷🇺

You should blur out all LGBTQ faces before premiere. They are now at risk!

Sadly homophobic Russia 😔

Omg I can’t imagine living there as a gay person, it must be so depressing

Brotha Yates, courageous endeavour. Respect 👊🏿👊🏿

What is the difference between Russia and Afghanistan, Iran or Pakistan?? There is no difference..

Sad yet extremely necessary documentary. I wish good-willed people from other countries would welcome them, and not only the LGBT community from Russia, but also Africa and worldwide.

I’m a lesbian and I live in Saint Petersburg and the situation is horrible

Esta impotencia y colera que siento, en cómo estas personas se salen con la suya al tratar a mis hermanos y hermanas peor que a los animales. Me quema por dentro. No aprecio que esas personas intimiden y le falten el respeto al muchacho con el ojo tatuado. muéstrale algo de RESPETO🏳️‍🌈👬

All my support !Sexual orientation is not a choice but we can choose to accept who we are and others. 🏳‍🌈♥

What a wonderfully done documentary. Great job Reggie 👍

This doc is ancient. Even worse now☹️

You’re very Brave Reggie!!! So incredible how you managed to put this together

The fact that some of my fellow citizens can absolutely calmly talk about murdering someone is freaking wild to me. Barbarians

Its shocking to see what one hears about in the news in a real life setting

Fixating on people’s differences is a sign that the person has not developed mentally. Fortunately this is a minority in Russia. However this hatred has been monopolized by religious organizations and others that seeks to benefit from them. Whom people choose to love is none of anyone else’s business. 😂

Great work again Mr. Reggie. It is great that you speak to both sides..and shared time so both sides can be heard.❤

Every dictator needs to marginalise so they can illustrate their brutality.🌈

Just speechless. Stonewall was 1969, Russia stayed there with no study for half century. Or maybe they have a time machine.

Amazing documentary. Could listen to Reggie all day. It's sad to see that in Russia. Here in Ireland, we take freedom for granted. Well done on the organisers and those who participated ib queerfest. Hopefully it will help change mindsets.

It seems that this report was filmed in 2014. This is very important - 11 years have passed, and everything has changed completely. The LGBT community is officially recognized as an extr*m*ist organization and is banned by law, protests (like in the video) are practically impossible, and many LGBT activists have been ki*lled. It is important for people to understand that this is not the current situation in Russia; since 2014, things have gotten MUCH worse.

When was this filmed? Because as far as I know the situation in 2024 being gay is a criminal act.

lol the most next level gay people and trans people come from straight parents… someone told me. Is this true?

This documentary needs more visibility!

We humans we have the autonomy over our own life and we should be free of being who the fuck we want to be we shouldn’t be asking for permission on any government or person or religion to be how we want to be or accepting how we are and want to live because everybody should be worrying about their business. Repressing things doesn’t stop them just hide the reality but those “kids” will grow and find the truth

I thought that all the Russian LGBT moved to New York .

Visibility encourages people, especially young people, to question and wonder beyond thinking there's something wrong with them and that they are the only.ones. One of the best things to come from the Internet is the ability to find other people who have qualities in common.

Very well done. Less opinion and just hanging out and talking to the actual people. Even in Canada we are seeing the "propaganda" angle being used against LGBT people.

they refer to religion as justification of discrimination and desire to kill gay people, but for some reason they forget that killing is strictly prohibited by that very religion and that god promotes the idea of loving and respecting everyone. Only god can judge people for their sins, no one else can. Such double standards make these people sound very stupid and confused.

I really hope the Guys got out before Putins special Military Operation . Slava Ukraini !

I think sometimes the powers that be at a national level (i.e. leader of a nation) makes the simplest of things far more complicated and a burden than they need to be. Focusing on such attributes in a certain demographic within that society is at best, short sighted, at worst - unfair, undeserved, and unjust. For the record, I'm a card-carrying heterosexual, female, nearly 60 years of age, born n bred, living, and will eventually die, in Australia. As a mother ( 2 sons 29yo and daughter 26yo) I can deeply and sincerely say I could not care less what they choose in terms of their sexuality (for the record also, 1 son hetero, 1 daughter hetero, 1 son asexual). My judgement - as with anyone I meet regardless of circumstance - is are they a good person? Do they live by generally accepted, respectful values? Contrary to the doctrines of my own upbringing, I don't give a toss if they do or don't subscribe to any religious doctrine. The so called Ten Commandments are not necessarily a Christian governance - living by them just makes you a decent person whatever faith or not you believe in and/or live by. Born in 1965 in Seymour, Victoria (Australia). The things in your life that make you stand out different to others - whoa. I am an 'only child' - that once got me loads of sympathy "... oh wow, how can you live not having a brother or sister ... how will you cope - your parents are so SELFISH!" (Not their choice. Mum had a medical condition that destroyed her hopes of having a bigger family). I was an 'only child' - OMG but how that wound up biting me in the ass "you only got ONE set of parents hahahaha I'm on my THIRD!!!". Even WORSE - I was (and despite aging considerably) - AM, a REDHEAD - yes! I am a RANGA! ... Face it, if it wasn't either of those two points, kids will search far and wide and if they don't come up with anything tangible will just invent something to justify their perception of you being DIFFERENT. I got picked on about my surname. The street I lived in. The type of dog we had .. in the vernacular of my 2020 something kids, WHAT THE*EVA!!! Sadly, despite their millenium-ages long belief "they know best", "adults" are often no better. That is very, very sad. You'd think as mature, life-experienced adults who have had more than enough opportunity to see what really matters, and really ... we have much more significant things to moan about. Ok, having come through all of that so called life or character building rot, living in 2024 and seeing what apparently leads online community "news" (??!) at best lunatic armchair laptop self-promoted "experts" on the subject, when it comes to ABC ... DF... LBQT WHATEVER, I do not feel that criteria worthy of prominence in judging any person - any more than the colour of their hair, their place in the family lineage, their religeon, creed, whether they are purple with yellow spots. All I expect, as a member of a community, a society, is that we our lives demonstrating humankindness, tolerance for any perceived or actual difference in others, leaving such judgement to our human betters i.e., whatever God or deity one does or maybe does not believes in. There is not, nor will there be, a mere mortal human being equipped to do so. All we can do is use our humankind gifts as nest we can "for the greater good". I wish the world to coexist in harmony, working as best we can towards our common goals as human beings. Life on this very unique, very limited in resources planet, requires ingenuity and respect for a global community - there is no moral place for any belief of uniqueness or higher entitlement over others. The majority of us can work with that. We are pretty much entry level humans. We're average. Barely making minimum wage, just living day by day. Nothing special. Our vision for our future is simply that there be no problem in having our basic humankind needs met by those in power to make that happen. Sadly, we are reliably disappointed by the values and purpose of those in such a position, who typically use their privilege to make sure their own needs are met above and beyond the needs of those who elect them for whom they achieve a position in the world capable of meeting such need, My God, what a diabolical abuse of privelege that is. I absolutely HATE having to enunciate this, but seriously - keep our minds above navel level, there is more to judge a person by. Look at your felllow human as a partner in life's journey, whichever milestone or touchpoint you meet them. Give, and do, as you would like others to give and do for and to you. Nothing biblical about it - just humankindness and decency. The world is facing so many terrible, gut wrenching, soul searching realities. It is not about how many luxury yachts we own, how many different holiday venues we have. It's about recognising the challenges humankind face - as a global community, and how each of us can contribute towards that vision of global wellbeing. Who we share our sheets (or hearts) with, should never, ever be a criteria by which we judge people. Come on. We're supposed to be the most intellligent form of life on this planet - we're embarrasssing ourselves. We must be better than that. Or we can simply resign ourselves to accept that without a better attitude to humankind and the Earth we call home is set up to fail, and that is on us.

Russia = Saudi arabia = Brunei darussalam = Nigeria

It’s interesting the pagan traditional culture they’re trying to back too, before Christianization, you can bet people were engaging in some gay queer stuff for sure

Gosh....heterosexual Propaganda did not made me straight....

You should also go to Saudi Arabia to protest about Gay . The Saudi Government will really welcome you.

Milonov stinks!

на самом деле больно смотреть на то что делают с геями, грустно что видео собирало так мало просмотров

Also I'm pretty sure walking with a placard is illegal

hmmmmm ... poor queer community in russia 😢

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Nusrella is Muslim??

petersburg❤ is different then rest of the Russia

"Love is Love" Hatred of any kind, is the devils' work

This is what Trump will do.

country of Zombie people

Russia is one big prison.

Vacuum Cleaners Victor, really? Who do you think you're foolin'?

Hey bro I am a professional video editor and also thumbnail editor

This seems very very dated

No tqai+ in russia

LGBTQ. What is the I and A. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Vlad Putin and Xi Xi be doin it anyhow - on the downlow

Russia does not have to import LGBTKA+. Keep them to yourself.

Love people of all sexual orientation.......Russia update yourself.....don't be racist and homophobic........😅

Guy at 9:57 is a closeted gay. So sad - people are people regardless of what they do in the privacy of their own home. Sexual preference doesn't define a person.

Western society promotes individualism. You can be whoever you want, the rights of each individual are the main value for the law. Even if in general it is harmful for the future of the country. A man who calls himself a woman gets all the rights of a woman, including the right to compete with women in sports. Countries with traditional values (like Russia, or China, or some post-Soviet and Muslim countries) they put collectivism at the forefront - the benefits for the future of the country are the most important for the law. The global trend of rich countries includes rejection of marriage and low fertility, these trends are coming to Russia as well. Many men also died in the war. Russian laws are aimed at increasing the birth rate, so it is beneficial for the future of the country. Mass LGBT propaganda for preschool children in Western countries will not benefit your future.

Negative

lol there are many countries in this world that don't want that pride flag in their streets lol

Im moving to Russia

We need to respect everyone culture

I hate rUsia🤦‍♂️

Not every country wants the alphabet cult

LOL. This is very funny to watch. The horrors!! The Gulag!!

Hi, LGBTIQAP+ You forgot the "P" !

A new tattoo on his forehead? A bullseye? 💦 😂

Lolololol

Russia rules!

Why isn't the OBAMAS not coming out of the CLOSET 😊

As a gay in Russia, there's no problem for me in Russia ))))

Congratulations Russia!!!

Wonderful Russia without rainbows flag. Bravo PUTIN. 😂😂❤

These gays are serious about their gayness

Good for russia

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 homosexuals will not inherit gods kingdom so say no to gay acts 😮