Correspondent Mark MacKinnon and photographer John Lehmann asked members of an LGBT support group to describe life in a single word. Here are some of their answers
Please enable JavaScript to view this content. Open this photo in gallery: Risking courageously.
Alexey Andrievskiy, 26, and Yaroslav Blindul, 33 John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: A fight to remain one’s self.
Anna Gizullina, 52, is transgendered. John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Dust.
Darya Kurgayeva, 22 John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: A fight.
Maksim Volkov, 24 John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Fear.
Natalya Andrusyshyna, 30, and Svetlana Nikolaeyva, 36 John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Outcast, excluded.
Kristina Gainanova, 28 John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery: Closedness.
Elena Bratushenko, 37, and Anna Plyusnina, 30. JOHN LEHMANN/The Globe and Mail
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