The transgender woman fighting for her right to see her son
- The Guardian
Since Pasha, a former military sniper, began gender reassignment, most of her family has abandoned her. Mark Gevisser reports on the consequences of Russia’s new climate of intolerance.
When Pasha got home from work on the evening of 26 June last year, the flat was empty. Her wife Mariahad left behind the climbing ropes tied to the bunk-bed of their six-year-old son, Kostya, and a portrait she had done of him. There were also Kostya’s crayon drawings at child height, just above the skirting boards: Angry Birds, and the Swedish cartoon Carlsen. All other traces of Pasha’s wife and son were gone.