Masha Gessen On Homophobia In Russia

February 11, 2014 – Segment 2

We return to our coverage of the Olympics to talk about Russia’s discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Our guest is Masha Gessen, author of Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. Gessen left her home in Russia to move to the United States with her partner and three children and escape homophobic persecution.

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