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Murdered Because He Was Gay-- Is This Russia's Matthew Shepard? - Vocativ
The father of the murdered young man says there is no such thing as homosexuality and of course his son was not gay.
It was the young man's friends who killed him, and they say they did it because he said he was gay.
The father said they did it for some other reason.
Russia decriminalized homosexuality 20 years ago, but, apparently, it is not accepted in Russian culture. This happened in Stalingrad, not some small, remote community.
The article asks, "Is this Russia's Mathew Shepard?"
The father of the murdered young man says there is no such thing as homosexuality and of course his son was not gay.
It was the young man's friends who killed him, and they say they did it because he said he was gay.
The father said they did it for some other reason.
Russia decriminalized homosexuality 20 years ago, but, apparently, it is not accepted in Russian culture. This happened in Stalingrad, not some small, remote community.
The article asks, "Is this Russia's Mathew Shepard?"