Members of the Kyiv Pride and Ukraine Pride movements will be joining the march in London 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 We spoke to LGBTQ+ Ukrainians about the importance of remaining visible in the face of Putin's war.
Hospital visits, burials or collecting state welfare cheques are all impossible for queer couples.
‘Support for gay marriage is growing in Ukraine because people see the soldiers that protect us,’ says Edward, ‘they see people on the front line and they understand that they have the same rights that anybody has. ‘I personally didn’t change my documents,’ Edward adds, ‘but I have the diagnosis as a trans person and it took me two months as a whole to go through the psychiatric evaluation and receive a diagnosis.’
‘We will definitely continue to fight for [LGBTQ+] rights because we are still here, we are still queer. Nothing changes,’ he adds. Kyiv Pride has, in recent weeks, sought to support those who have lost their homes or jobs because of the conflict. Teaching them skills such as painting nails or barista work to get them back on the payroll or throwing vogue balls and art fairs to raise money.
Even as it gutted its economies and ratcheted up tensions, most Western countries have remained steadfast in their support for Ukraine.
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