Sarah Ashton-Cirillo
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This straight politician gave up all hope of reelection to stand by LGBTQ people
Courage in politics is too often lacking.
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She’s a queer person of color from Ukraine. She’s ready to go home
“The reason I am not dead now is sheer luck. Nothing else, because they want to kill every single one of us. Just because we are Ukrainians.”
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Is Brittney Griner a prisoner of war? We asked the experts
For just over six months, she has been imprisoned in the Russian Federation for possession of a vape pen that held a small amount of cannabis oil.
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This straight southern Army veteran has a message for the LGBTQ community
A gay son. A queer daughter married to a transgender partner. And the father who loves them all? He’s a 63-year-old white man from a small town in Georgia.
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Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine may allow civil partnerships
“Tens of thousands of queer Ukrainians defending our country during this genocide made this possible. Centuries of our anti-colonial struggle against Russian patriarchal and homophobic tyranny made this possible.”
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This bisexual journalist returned to Ukraine to face her fears & honor her past
“I believe in approaching things that scare you, and part of why I ended up here was because I took a direction that scared me, and that’s important.”
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She ran the Nevada Republican Party. She just endorsed Democrats for the next election
“They predict a red wave, but here, because of the awful candidates that have made their way to the nominations, and the baggage they carry, we’ll end up with a pink tidal pool.”
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Suicide prevention is the mission during war at Lifeline Ukraine
Ukraine has one suicide prevention organization and calls are up 300% since the Russian invasion.
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The US State Department never stops working for LGBTQ Americans
After Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States suspended operations in Kyiv. But they didn’t stop helping Americans who needed them – especially the queer community.
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Ukraine’s oldest human rights group fights for LGBTQ equality
“We are Ukraine’s voice for liberty.”
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A year after anti-LGBTQ terrorist attack, Tbilisi Pride looks ahead
“It’s important to understand that homophobia is the tool for Russia to destabilize Georgia.”
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Kyiv Pride teamed up with Warsaw Pride for a massive event that drew 80,000 celebrants
Hundreds of Ukrainians traveled to the Polish capital, to hold a Kyiv Pride event in conjunction with Warsaw Pride’s yearly extravaganza.
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Meet the man who directed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in several movies
David Dodson had no doubts about the actor’s abilities both on-screen and off – and he wasn’t wrong.
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The LGBTQ community in Russia & Ukraine faced major challenges this week
While draconian acts were expected from Russian government entities, an event in Ukraine caused significantly greater consternation among local activists.
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War crimes against LGBTQ people in Ukraine are “worse than people can imagine”
Russian forces are hunting down gay men, raping and castrating them. We spoke with a war crimes investigator to find out what’s happening and what’s being done to get justice for the victims.
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This queer Ukrainian painter is using the war as inspiration to inspire others
The gay artist, who has seen more than a third of his life consumed by war and grew into manhood against the specter of death and torture at the hands of Russians, offered a message to LGBTQ Nation steeped in hope.
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GOP candidate Michele Fiore doesn’t hate the LGBTQ community. She just hates.
Michele Fiore said that “transgendering” can cause school shootings. She’s marched in Pride and her mom is a lesbian. What’s going on?
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GOP Senate candidate Adam Laxalt has been attacking LGBTQ equality for years. He could win.
Adam Laxalt, Ron DeSantis’s former roommate, has been accused of having an “obsession with attacking the LGBTQ community.”
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LGBTQ life is thriving in Ukraine thanks to the arts
Among the former nations of the Warsaw Pact and USSR, Ukraine has begun to become a leader, if ever so reluctantly, in creating a place of equality for the LGBTQ community.
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Is Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a friend or foe to the LGBTQ community?
Russia calls the members of the Azov Battalion anti-LGBTQ neo-Nazis. But Ukraine’s queer community is calling them heroes.
