Teenager Attacked In Russia By 7 Men Because Of “Lesbian Appearance”
7 men attacked a teenager in St. Petersburg, Russia after insulting her because of her “lesbian appearance”.
According to ‘The Moscow Times’ the 18-year old was attacked and beaten by a group of men, after pursuing her and her three friends into a café. “They started to insult us with harsh language because the girls with us have a non-typical appearance. They started to call us names, saying things like: ‘What’re you, lesbians?’,” she said.
Police detained and charged three males, aged 16 to 19, for attacking the young girl and reported that “the detainees admitted that they didn’t like how Yekaterina had been holding hands with her friend.”
The victim said that after reporting the attack on Twitter she has faced strong online criticism from men questioning her story. “People are saying the girls are themselves to blame… while others are saying that LGBT people and feminists should be beaten in this manner,” she said.
“The level of misogyny and lesbophobia in our country really makes us fear for our lives,” she added.
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