It sounds like the plot for some kind of depressing arthouse movie — a three-year jail term for a transgender cancer patient from Bryansk named Michelle, who was convicted by a court for producing child pornography after drawing manga-style pictures for social networks. Since, according to Michelle’s documents, she is a man, she will be put in a male cell.
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Gay and LGBT rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev (R) holds a flare as he rides a quad-bike during an unauthorized gay rights activists rally in central Moscow on May 30, 2015.
