NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia—Vitaly’s nightmare began on Oct. 8 morning when he read a news article on the website of TASS, the Russian news agency. It said that the Investigative Committee, a powerful law enforcement agency, planned a number of arrests of single gay fathers with babies from surrogate mothers. The worst nightmare of Russian LGBTQ parents—police taking children away and placing them in orphanages – was coming true. To Vitaly, a 40-year-old IT specialist, it meant one thing: hit the road, run.
Daily Beast: This gay single dad fled Russia overnight to save his baby
Spasskaya tower is seen through the Kremlin wall in Moscow on August 19, 2020.
