Category: Russian war invasion of Ukraine
A message from a Russian LGBTQ+ activist Diane Garshina
We can’t stop this war, started by our own government, but we can express our solidarity and support for Ukraine and all its people
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.
Ukrainian LGBTQ activists beat up AWOL Russian soldiers
Ukrainian gay rights activist tells Israel Hayom that members of the community who found the soldiers beat them and took them captive. «We are fighting a tyrannical, homophobic enemy».
Pro-Putin Chechen general who led «LGBTQ purge» killed in Ukraine
Chechen general Magomed Tushayev was killed on Saturday, and was responsible for for torturing and murdering LGBTQ+ individuals.
LGBTQ Ukrainians Fear They’re on Putin’s Kill List, But Many Are Staying to Fight Anyway
As Russia fights to take Kyiv, LGBTQ Ukrainians fear Putin has included them as targets on his «kill list». But instead of running, they’re working to keep his military forces out.
Jamala, Ukraine Eurovision winner in 2016, now she is fleeing the war with her children
The artist has posted videos to show that she crosses the border into Romania – with her young children, but without her husband, who must stay behind to fight the Russian occupation.