Tricked into conversion therapy in Russia for being trans
On a remote farm in Siberia, a man handed Ada a knife. In front of them was a pig.
“Cut it off,” he said. “If you want to go ahead with the operation, you need to understand what castration means.”
Ada was 23 and transgender - she had been tricked into going to a conversion therapy centre after coming out to her family.
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Transgender people in Russia have had their human rights systematically eroded by the government’s broader political strategy of attacking vulnerable minorities, according to UN independent expert, Graeme Reid.
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