A transgender woman Yulia Aleshina headed a branch of a small party in the Altai Territory 
transgender Julia Aleshina. As “Moskovsky Komsomolets in Altai” clarifies, the politician made such a decision after she learned about transgender people working in this area all over the world.
Aleshina is now 31 years old. For several years she has been making the so-called “transition”, a woman's name and gender are inscribed in her passport. She stressed that she is not going to build a career on the image of LGBT people. “This is my feature, but I don't want to be a clown. I do not hide this, because I have not committed a crime and I have nothing to be ashamed of, “the politician noted.
The Civil Initiative is a small party with about 100 members. The founder of the political movement is a former Russian official Andrei Nechaev.