Табу - Season 1

Transgender is a discrepancy between a person's gender identity and the sex assigned at birth. Mira, who was born a boy and has now become a beautiful young woman, spoke about what it's like to be born in the wrong body and have your gender adjusted.

There are 16 million victims of domestic violence in Russia, 95% of them are women. At the same time, Russia is the same country where there is still no shame in saying something like: "If he hits you, it means he loves you." What is life like with a domestic tyrant? And can a woman really be to blame for being beaten?

Russian human rights activists claim that bullying in police stations and prisons is a common practice. The heroes of this issue of "Taboo" - a prisoner and a former prison employee - tell their truth about violence.

Does a woman have the right to decide how to manage her own body? Or since she gets pregnant, her body doesn't belong to her? What is the outcome of the attempts of the state and the Russian Orthodox Church to get involved in issues related to abortion? And how do doctors feel who have to perform abortions every day?

Schizophrenic, autistic, oligophrenic - in Russian these are still dirty words, although they only mean people with certain diagnoses. Many of those living with mental illness are our friends, neighbors and colleagues. However, admitting that you have a psychiatric diagnosis is still embarrassing and scary...

Conventional concepts of fidelity, family happiness and marriage are being revised in 2019: many people are discovering that monogamous relationships are not enough for them to be happy. How to live if you decide to invite a third person into the couple?

The share of acquittals in Russian courts is less than one percent. This is a terrible figure, which means that the fate of the defendant is almost always predetermined even before the trial begins. In this episode of Taboo, we talk to the victim of a rigged case and the judge who was forced to rig the cases.

Psychoneurological boarding schools (PNI) are social and medical institutions created for people with chronic mental disorders. It is known that in PNI, not only the rights of patients, but also basic human rights are often violated: people are injected with drugs, tied to beds, not allowed to walk, and not provided with the necessary medical care...