I'm a man with long hair. Am I likely to encounter harassment or other problems in Moscow?

5/8/2018 12:38:01 AM

I’ve had relatively long hair throughout my youth while living in Russia, and overall I’d say it’s not a big issue. Sometimes people would joke, occasionally in a mean way, like “hey, what are you a girl?” or something like that… But it didn’t happen often, maybe a few times over several years.

And in terms of homophobia – no, long hair in general isn’t associated with being gay, at least not in Russia. In recent years I’d say it became a bit more fashionable, as it’s reminiscent of old Slavic traditional hairstyle (especially if combined with a beard). Unless you wear pink top & skinny jeans, no one would think of long hair as “gay”. Not normally, I mean, there are some crazy people everywhere…

5/7/2018 11:26:41 AM

As a Russian long-haired man myself, I can assure that you will be more often confused with an orthodox priest/monk than anything else.

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