Tricked into conversion therapy in Russia for being trans | BBC News

Transgender people in Russia have had their human rights systematically eroded, a UN independent expert has told the BBC.

One year after the country passed a law banning gender reassignment surgery, Graeme Reid said transgender Russians had been deprived of their “most basic rights to a legal identity and access to healthcare”.

BBC News Russian has spoken to two transgender people who said they had no choice but to flee their homeland.

If you, or someone you know has been affected by issues raised in this story, sources of support are available via the BBC Action Line.

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