LGBTQNation : Transgender singer in Ukraine is «fighting a war within a war»

Because her passport has a male gender marker, she and other transgender women could be denied safe passage out of the country.

As Ukrainian men and women fight to defend their country, and many children and others try to flee, transgender women like Zi Faámelu are finding themselves stuck.

Leaving the country requires a passport. But Faámelu’s passport has a male gender marker, which means she would be denied passage out of the country. Even if she could find a way out of Ukraine, she might not be allowed to cross into a neighbouring country because of the incongruence between her legal sex and lived gender, lgbtqnation.com reports.

«If you have a male gender in your passport, they will not let you go abroad. They will not let you through», she told CBS News according to lgbtqnation.com.