# Julia Volkova: t.A.T.u singer says she would 'condemn' her son if he were gay **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 19, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965 "2014-09-19T19:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/1 "2014-09-19T19:30:32Z")
> **[t.A.T.u. Singer Says She Would 'Condemn' A Gay Son](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tatu-singer-gay-son-yulia-volkova_n_5850098)** > > t.A.T.u. Singer Says She Would 'Condemn' A Gay Son What a dick. Exploiting lesbianism = fine, but men have “no right to be a faggot.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/2 "2014-09-19T19:36:33Z")
Well of course. Men must sex women to make more lesbians. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/3 "2014-09-19T19:39:18Z")
While I agree it’s a stupid comment, it’s hard for me to give crap what she says. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/4 "2014-09-19T20:15:09Z")
Exactly. Religious nutbag from Russia says something despicable. News never. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/5 "2014-09-19T20:53:59Z")
I thought Tatu died a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/6 "2014-09-19T21:41:58Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Exploiting lesbianism = fine, but men have “no right to be a faggot.” Try engaging in. IIRC, the pair made some actual lesbian porn for a Russian magazine at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/7 "2014-09-19T21:50:11Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Try engaging in. IIRC, the pair made some actual lesbian porn for a Russian magazine at the time. She also said “It seems to me that lesbians look aesthetically much nicer than two men holding their hands or kissing”. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/8 "2014-09-19T21:56:22Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Try engaging in. IIRC, the pair made some actual lesbian porn for a Russian magazine at the time. She did say she was fine with lesbianism in the article and would be okay if her daughter was gay. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/9 "2014-09-19T22:07:54Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I thought Tatu died a long time ago. Suicide due to long term health problems. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/10 "2014-09-19T22:35:37Z")
What if her son just pretended to be gay for publicity purposes? ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/11 "2014-09-19T22:36:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What if her son just pretended to be gay for publicity purposes? I think he’d be arrested. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/12 "2014-09-19T22:53:31Z")
Honestly - I don’t blame her for saying it. The official Russian government policy is that gays are evil, and we’ve seen what happens when Russians don’t toe the line. At the very least, she’ll never work again. I mean, you wouldn’t expect an Iranian singer to publicly support gay rights, would you? Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/13 "2014-09-19T23:44:32Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > She also said “It seems to me that lesbians look aesthetically much nicer than two men holding their hands or kissing”. Well, the day \*will \*come when she has to explain to her kids how come they found on the Web videos of Mommy making out with another chick… that’s not much of a start. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/14 "2014-09-19T23:57:37Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Honestly - I don’t blame her for saying it. The official Russian government policy is that gays are evil, and we’ve seen what happens when Russians don’t toe the line. At the very least, she’ll never work again. > > I mean, you wouldn’t expect an Iranian singer to publicly support gay rights, would you? Same thing. She could have said something neutral or noncommittal. She didn’t have to be completely vile. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/15 "2014-09-20T00:46:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I thought Tatu died a long time ago. No, he’s now head coach of the Dallas Sidekicks. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/16 "2014-09-20T03:47:35Z")
Obscure idiot is a bigot. I am OUTRAGED! _RECREATIONALLY_ OUTRAGED! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/17 "2014-09-20T04:26:15Z")
A [common attitude among religious parents](http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/the-forsaken-a-rising-number-of-homeless-gay-teens-are-being-cast-out-by-religious-families-20140903); the only unusual bit is that she’s willing to tolerate a lesbian child and not reject them as well. > [@](#): > > Highly religious parents are significantly more likely than their less-religious counterparts to reject their children for being gay – a finding that social-service workers believe goes a long way toward explaining why LGBT people make up roughly five percent of the youth population overall, but an estimated 40 percent of the homeless-youth population. That’s in America; it’s likely worse in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/18 "2014-09-20T04:39:16Z")
Well, that’s fine. I’d condemn my son if he listened to her shit music. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/19 "2014-09-20T16:26:52Z")
They were no Prussian Blue. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965/20 "2014-09-20T16:40:55Z")
I’ll never listen to their music again. Now, who are they? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-volkova-t-a-t-u-singer-says-she-would-condemn-her-son-if-he-were-gay/698965.md?page=2)