 Pussy Riot members have been outspoken in their support of LGBT rights , and in a 2012 interview confirmed that the group includes at least one member of a sexual minority . Both Tolokonnikova and Samutsevich participated in the banned 2011 Gay Pride rally in Moscow , and were briefly detained after the rally was broken up by police . Pussy Riot 's LGBT rights advocacy is seen in a negative light by conservative Russians ; according to a Levada poll published in 2010 , 74 % of Russians view homosexuality as a " moral perversion " or " mental illness " . 
