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minus-squareDreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTrue, but there are definitely places where it’s much better to be trans than others, and Russia’s near the bottom of the pack.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoRussia is a tough place to be human
minus-squareelectrogamerman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoUnless you are a white straight russian man
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’m sure all the teenagers getting drafted to die in Ukraine agree!
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s also tough being a Slavic Russian, but still worse to be of any other ethnic group in Russia I think.
minus-squareilfi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNot really, there are no laws prohibiting any ethnicity to work in the government. Ethnic language and culture is allowed and supported in these ethnic regions.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year agoOh cool, so there’s no racism in Russia, then? /s
minus-squareMeldrik@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2022/10/25/russia-putin-is-using-ethnic-minorities-to-fight-in-ukraine
True, but there are definitely places where it’s much better to be trans than others, and Russia’s near the bottom of the pack.
Russia is a tough place to be human
Unless you are a white straight russian man
I’m sure all the teenagers getting drafted to die in Ukraine agree!
It’s also tough being a Slavic Russian, but still worse to be of any other ethnic group in Russia I think.
Not really, there are no laws prohibiting any ethnicity to work in the government. Ethnic language and culture is allowed and supported in these ethnic regions.
Oh cool, so there’s no racism in Russia, then? /s
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2022/10/25/russia-putin-is-using-ethnic-minorities-to-fight-in-ukraine