Elina Ukhmanova, a 20-year-old physics student from Russia's Muslim-majority Daghestan region, is in hiding from her relatives. She says she ran away for the third time after spending months in a dubious rehab center undergoing "treatment" for atheism and bisexuality.
A push by Russian lawmakers to more firmly restrict the public discussion of LGBTQ lives and issues will further isolate a community that faces ongoing peril, advocates say.