“No one would choose to be gay,” Daria Kasatkina comes out of the closet and explains the hardships of being gay in Russia
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A lot of backlashes are currently against Russia and its mindset amidst the ongoing war against Ukraine. Many people have condemned the Russian mindset of altering peace to expand their territory. Apart from this, a lot of things that are deemed very common in the rest of the world are considered a sin in the Russian culture including homosexuality.
Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina recently has come out as gay in a video interview. Featuring a video posted by Russian blogger Vitya Kravchenko, Kasatkina revealed that she is in a relationship with a woman. She said that it is impossible to live “under the closet” and also spoke about the taboo around homosexuality in Russia.
She talked about the hardships of being gay in Russia and how the notion of someone wanting to be gay or becoming gay is ridiculous. She expressed her frustration by saying nobody would choose to be gay in Russia because of the hardships.
“So many subjects are taboo in Russia,” Kasatkina said. “This notion of someone wanting to be gay or becoming [gay] is ridiculous. I think there is nothing easier in this world than being straight. Seriously, if there is a choice, no one would choose to be gay. Why make your life harder, especially in Russia? What’s the point?”
‘Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters, and f**k everyone else’: Daria Kasatkina
She termed her life as pointless because living in the closet was too hard for her. She wanted to live her life in peace and hence came out to the world.
“Living in the closet is impossible. It is too hard, it is pointless,” she added. “Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters, and f**k everyone else.”
She is currently dating figure skater Natalia Zabiiako. The couple also posted a picture of themselves on a vacation yesterday.
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