Argentina has emerged as a surprisingly prominent destination for L.G.B.T.Q. Russians escaping President Vladimir V. Putin’s escalating anti-gay repression.
The floats thrummed to the Argentines dancing in rainbow bikinis, leather boots and angel wings beneath the blooming jacaranda trees of Buenos Aires, as the drag queens’ sequin skirts sparkled with the warm light of spring.
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