What you are about to see below is a graphic video showing a Russian transgender woman being beaten in a public park by five men.
The victim was beaten, dragged, kicked in the face for several minutes. The title of the video refers to the transwoman as a “homosexual”, and it also says “view from 16 years old.”
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The video, posted on popular Russian social networking site VK, appeared on a page titled Straights for Equality, a group advocating for LGBT rights. The intention was to highlight the persecution of LGBT people in Russia.