drew to a close, he came out to the couple and asked them for help remaining in America. As the teen-ager’s scheduled time in the U.S. At a local church, he met a gay couple, two elderly military veterans who were raising two adopted boys.

A teen-age boy from Moscow, according to news outlets such as TASS and RIA, had gone to the United States to participate in a high-school exchange program. Photograph by Alessandro Digaetano / LUZphoto / ReduxĪ scandalous story exploded in the Russian state media earlier this month.

The Moscow headquarters of the Russian news agency TASS.