On the street he is wearing a mask. When he takes it off, Sergei becomes a Russian enemy of the people.
Along the streets of Moscow, Sergei (28) is trying to look as hard as he can.
Men within these doors can be themselves.
On stage, he can be free. It’s a dangerous choice.
MOSCOW / OSLO (Aftenposten): Gay rights are tightened in Eastern Europe. The role model is Russia.
His eyes are usually full of life. He lifts the perfectly shaped eyebrows, winks and smiles.
But every time he walks out the door, he follows a quick routine. The 28-year-old is getting wider. He crouches a little, spreads his shoulders. Smoker. Puts on the earphones and makes the eyes lifeless.
He himself says that he wears a hard exterior. That he is not beaten down because he has become good at hiding his true self.
– I later as I am heterosexual. And I have become quite good at that, says Sergei Yevstafev (28).
Several times a week, he puts on his “heterosexual costume” and travels through the million-dollar city of Moscow to go to work. The 28-year-old enters the nightclub Three Monkeys. He leaves the hardships on the streets of Moscow. Nodding to security guards and other colleagues.
And then Sergei becomes the drag artist Miami.
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