Police arrest Russian nightclub employees over drag show
Performers were stripped half-naked and forced to lie on the ground with patrons during the raid, which was caught on video.
March 21 2024 2:24 PM
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Performers were stripped half-naked and forced to lie on the ground with patrons during the raid, which was caught on video.
Police reportedly arrested nine of the “most feminine-looking” men at the gay night raid.
Gay bars and a gay sauna were raided by police less than two days after the country’s supreme court declared the “international LGBT social movement” to be an “extremist” element.
The move effectively eliminates LGBTQ+ support networks and signals a larger crackdown on the country's already vulnerable queer community.