A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina
Anastasia Domini and wife Anna are part of an increasing number of Russians from the LGBTQ+ community who have decided to leave their homeland to escape discrimination and settle in Argentina, where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It's a common sight in a country where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade. But the couple, who got married shortly after arriving in Buenos Aires early last year, still remember the fear they felt when they first decided to hold hands in public after leaving Russia, which explicitly outlawed same-sex marriages in 2020. “It was really scary,” Anastasia Domini said, but “we were looking around and really, really nobody was looking.” For the Dominis, who changed their last names so they could more convincingly pretend to be sisters in Ru...