My honest opinion on LGBT as a Russian💅 Why Russia is a bastion of traditional values?

In this video I will tell you about how Russia is fighting with We$tern deg€neracy.

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In this video:

0:00 intro
3:08 growing up as a lesbian in Russia
5:59 my coming out
11:44 LGBT situation in Russia, Georgia and US
15:35 do I want to have children?
19:49 dating apps and loneliness
24:47 Russian 'traditional values'

my orientation is Far East and my pronouns are USSR!

[NatashasAdventures]

I can’t tell you how moving it is for me to read your comments, I want to ‘❤’ every one of them. Thank you for listening to my story and supporting me, I hope this video helps a lot of people.

[johngrund]

If being something = promoting something, Natasha is promoting intelligence, kindness, rationality, humor and empathy. Cheers to you!

[Logan-edpu]

"How can you be a lesbian if you've never tried men?" I've personally never had to go to bed with another man to know that I'm attracted to women lol.

[BRUXXUS]

Wow, it's kind of amazing how similar my experience was to a young rural Russian woman. The confusion about having crushes on another guy, but thinking it was just wanting friendship, the waiting to find the right girl for me, or thinking I just had to learn to like girls growing up.

Being homophobic as a kid until I finally admitted to myself that I was bi, then later admitted I really only liked guys.

The loneliness and connecting with someone to have to face the fact that they're straight and could never love you the same way you love them.

All that stuff is why I cannot understand how anyone would say being queer is a choice. No one would CHOOSE to go against their natural feelings and urges just to be different or "woke" or whatever nonsense they make up to demonize others.

Thanks for making this video. Always nice to hear anyone that you can relate to on some level. ❤

[HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

I am a Swedish trans woman who is pansexual and aromantic myself. I am lucky I am Swedish and didn't have to grow up in a country where being myself is illegal, that would be scary.

[likescookies]

I live in Russia, I'm aroace and non-binary. I don't face a lot of xenophobia since for most people I pass as a cis man (because, well, I'm amab), but I came out to my parents and some irl friends, and it was pretty okay. The only thing that really frustrates me is the fact that in Russian we cannot use singular they/them pronouns, it just doesn't work. So 80% of my time I mostly play VRChat and talk with people from Western countries, because even though my parents and friends support me (or rather, they don’t judge me for being who I am), they don't actually understand what it means to be non-binary (agender, in my case), because... how would they know? I'm most likely the only openly queer person they know, and if they are cis and straight, then they most likely will not going to look for any information on this topic. So yeah, being queer is always hard, but it's even harder to be queer and live in Russia at the same time. I wanna move soon but for now I'm just 17 y.o. and I want to wait until at least 18, because I don't really have a lot of money or other resources I can't leave without.

To be honest, I know that I'm not in a very bad position, and a lot of queer people face way more problems living in xenophobic countries, while I live in the most decent city in Russia and I've never faced any problems because of being queer, even though I have some queer (mostly aroace, trans and non-binary) and furry stickers on my car (which I cant't use on the roads yet because we can't get a license until we're 18 here) and electric scooters (I have four of them because building custom e-scooters is my hobby lol).

I don't know why I even wrote this, but I wanted to speak out. Stay safe everyone.

[thisisaname]

I actually like how you just casually mentioned your queerness in earlier videos, but I also appreciate this cultural and personal video essay that goes far beyond the classic coming out video. You're a gem. 💎

[RalphDratman]

Dear Natasha, as a straight 73-year-old man I support you in every way. You are a smart and courageous person.

[Venturello]

As a straight man from western europe, I APPLAUD your bravery. Keep your chin up and be proud!

[sydneyniehaus]

Спасибо большое, Наташа! Я лесбиянка в Америке, где изучаю русский язык и культуру в моем университете. I can only imagine what it must've been like to grow up in that environment. I am so moved by your courage in sharing your story.

[Rolantt]

As a Russian bi man of the similar age, I can say it was very endearing to randomly find this channel and this video in my Youtube feed. Thank you for being strong and open about your sexuality ❤
Especially now, our younger compatriots are definitely in need of images of queer bloggers to associate with! Also, it is great that people from other countries can see Russian queer community directly and know about our struggles

[lharbour]

I am in my early 60s and I would be so very proud to have you as a daughter or granddaughter. I didn't find out till after he had died, but my father was gay and it absolutely breaks my heart that he couldn't feel free to come out and be his true self. I would have supported him all the way. He was an American and became a lawyer, a conservative profession, in days when it was not possible in the US to be openly gay and in a profession like that. His best friend in law school came out as gay and was immediately fired from his law firm and ended up being a hair dresser - one of the only professions where it was OK in those days. My father went to work for the government in a position that let him have his entire career be overseas (I think he just wanted to escape his background), so I grew up mostly in Asia and Central America, but we were constantly traveling to Europe, Estonia and Russia, as my mother was Estonian and my father was obsessed with Russian culture and history (taught it at university after he retired from law). I also did my graduate studies in Slavic Lit. and lived in Russia for several periods of time before I married. I know well how homophobic the culture is. Horrible!! Very glad you got out. I also totally relate to how you feel about having children and your reasons - I knew from a very, very early age that having children was not my path. My husband is fine with that and we have very happily had only fur children (cats and dogs). It's been ideal. It's not critical to have children and too many people have them just out of a sense that that is what everyone is supposed to do. Not! I love children, but my heart is totally full with my life as it is and with our extremely beloved fur kids. Anyway, I have great hopes some wonderful young woman will see this video and contact you - whoever you end up with will be quite lucky. And I hope you are able to find a profession that will make you happy and soon be able to live in a country that is open and accepting of all.

[RussianPlus]

Thank you Natasha. This will help people have a better understanding of what it’s like being gay in Russia or elsewhere. Growing up in Russia in the 90s ‘gay’ was pretty much a derogatory term. But then you grow up and realize that the world is bigger and more complicated than you could have ever imagined. Everyone is different and it’s great. I’ve had a friend for 10 years only to recently discover he’s a bi. Did that change anything? Not at all. Whatever rocks your boat as they say 😊

[WDOphotography]

@natasha, I'm so sorry to hear about the troubles you've had with your family. My sister came out (in the US) in her 30s. Despite this, our aunt, who we were always close to, didn't come out for years. Even when she invited my sister to the retirement community she lived at which was for lesbians only, she still was so nervous and scared. My sister told us how she still wouldn't say that she was a lesbian, she still called her partner of over 40 years her "roommate" and she died never having opened up much, even to my sister. I can't imagine how much different things would have been if she were allowed to live freely. I want to see the world change so that everyone can be free to be who they are and not need to hide. I know I'm just one of your many followers but I'm very proud of you and sending love from the US!

[lisacrandall]

Natasha, I can't tell you how much I admire your authenticity and courage. When I watch your videos, I feel like I'm having a fascinating conversation with a friend whose life experiences give me an insight into a part of the world that is very different from my own. You are beautiful and smart, and you WILL find the woman of your dreams. Hopefully in the near future! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 Much love from Aotearoa (New Zealand)

[fibonacciCache]

wow. did not expect such a vulnerable video. well you are always vulnerable but this was especially personal. gay guy here from New Mexico. you curate such unique and thoughtful content.

[Backbeardjack]

Thank you for your courage, Natasha! Talking to thousands of strangers about this could not have been easy. As a german transfem person, I just want to share some love with you, and please know, that there will always be people like us. And we, the LGBTQ+ Community, support each other wherever we can.
In my city we recently opened a queer Group for russian speaking people, and it has been really heart-warming to see how lovely some can be, once they know they are safe where they are. There was even a wedding between two of the group, and the pictures were just soo cute!

You got this, I wish you the best of luck, you have a beautiful soul <3

[matteofalduto]

1:03 To that dude I would have immediately replied: "how do you know you are not gay if you have never tried a relationship with a man?"😂

[mjghetp]

спасибо, что ты поделилась своей историей! ты безумно смелая и очень горжусь тобой, то что ты выложила это уже дает надежду многим❤️❤️❤️
я как би из россии даже не могу сказать об этом своим друзьям без страха быть отвергнутой, что говорить про родителей, поэтому я очень рада, что больше и больше наших ребят готовы рассказать о себе, больше информации- меньше стигмы
спасибо тебе большое и продолжай в том же духе!❤️

[NicholasTripp]

I never comment on YouTube videos but I want to say that I admire your bravery on so many levels, including being out and open in this one. You are an amazing human.