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Russian crime gangs exploit dating sites to blackmail gay men

Not even to myself. So I decided to look through dating sites on the Internet. All their profiles were incomplete and lacked even the basic details, and most had missing or blurred pictures. Even Grindr, one of the most popular gay apps in the world, only showed about six people in the Russian far east.

I eventually found one gay guy who I started to chat with. Then we took his car to a dark and deserted place, and only then was he relaxed enough to show some interest in me. Filled with dark, deserted places like this one, hidden away from society. My female friend accepted it, and she basically told me she already knew. And the funny thing is that she and I were friends first since we were classmates.

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I remember the day I told my parents. We were very close; we confided in one another, so I was caught off-guard, to say the least, by their reaction. Months later, it was like the conversation never happened. It seemed like my parents had hypnotized themselves free of the information and selectively forgotten what I told them.

And it was there that only a few months later I met my boyfriend, Max. He was the first guy I ever held hands with in public. We met at a popular gay bar on December 1, and he was talking to a Spanish guy that I was checking out. I was interested for two reasons: And then, of course, because he was cute. I said, "Hi," and we started to talk, and I didn't pay attention to Max.

The Spanish guy eventually introduced me, and the three of us spent the night together dancing, then ended up at Times Square, drinking hot chocolate and talking.

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By the end of the night, I realized I was paying attention to the wrong guy, because the guy who made me feel butterflies in my stomach was Max. Big from Sex and the City.

I still remember everything about our first date. He told me about his family and his childhood; As we got to know each other, I realized that we are total extreme opposites. Petersburg economist.

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Alexander Loza , a legal adviser at Positive Dialogue, an organization that provides consulting services for gays, particularly those living with HIV, has heard similar stories. Alexander Zhelezkin , who manages outreach programs at Positive Dialogue, said the law was what made him decide to become a gay activist.

For prominent television journalist Anton Krasovsky , however, that move ended his career in Russia.

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Krasovsky said it will be a long time before gays in Russia feel protected enough to speak publicly about their sexual orientation. The St.

Petersburg economist, however, did go to the police. He spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity out of fear that his attackers, who know where he lives, would seek retribution if they learned that he had reported them. The criminal gangs that carry out such attacks are not necessarily antigay but have identified a profitable niche where they feel they can operate with impunity, Loza and Yuryeva said.

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