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“I think I’ve always written. It’s a very natural way for me to think about the world and fix myself in it”

“The journey into the unknown carries the burden of lost community, the spectre of homophobia in new countries, and the constant fear of forced return…” Conversation with the New Regions Initiative

“I’ve been living my whole life as if in an endless heterosexual parade. All movies, all literature, music — everything around me is built on the sense of “right” love”

“Instead of “normal life” I chose emigration”

“We are a vulnerable group in a vulnerable group”

“I won’t be judged, killed, or blown out of my mind – but why live like this?”

“It is believed that equal rights were first discussed after the October Revolution. And that there was no struggle for women’s rights in our region, as in Europe. In fact, this is a myth that was favourable to the Soviet authorities”

“The situation with human trafficking at the border, it really resonated with me. I know how hard it can sometimes be to protect yourself when you’re an immigrant. So I invented Martynka”

“I would like the voice of women, the voice of vulnerable groups to become stronger. After all, if I come to free Belarus and it is dangerous for me there, it will be very painful”