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News (World)
Russia used its LGBTQ+ “propaganda” law to arrest a man seeking sex in private
Is it now a crime in Russia to have private relations with another adult?
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News (World)
War-weary trans Ukrainians are being forced to de-transition due to lack of hormones
Some trans Ukrainians are even “cooking up” their own hormones at home. That’s extremely dangerous.
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News (World)
Former LGBTQ Nation correspondent injured by Russian shell fragments in Ukraine
Ashton-Cirillo tweeted that she has sustained permanent injuries while battling Russians on the front lines.
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Commentary
A Ukrainian victory is crucial for global LGBTQ+ rights
LGBTQ+ Ukrainians believe that, should Ukraine fall, all national progress on LGBTQ+ rights will be extinguished.
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News (USA)
Biden refuses to meet with Putin unless he’ll discuss freeing Brittney Griner
The Biden administration has proposed a prisoner swap and is waiting for Russia to either accept or negotiate.
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News (World)
It costs $620 for a fake HIV diagnosis to get out of the Russian draft
Russian men have been bribing doctors and injuring themselves to avoid dying in the invasion of Ukraine.
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News (World)
Ukrainian LGBTQ refugees share tales of support & discrimination in Poland
Homosexuality is legal in Poland, but the nation has been consistently ranked as the most homophobic country in the European Union.
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Commentary
Vladimir Putin’s is dehumanizing Ukraine to Make Russia Great Again
The term “Ukraine” has become synonymous with “Nazism” in the minds of many Russian people.
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Life
The Transgender Day of Visibility takes on a different meaning when you’re covering a war
I’ve been in Ukraine covering the response to the Russian invasion for weeks now and my travels have taken me across a nation in conflict. My job is to make their struggle visible for the world to see and these photos tell their story.
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Commentary
Time becomes irrelevant during war
When do trains run? That depends. But the supplies are still desperately needed.
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Life
This is what getting media credentials in Ukraine is like as a transgender journalist with funky ID
This episode clearly showed me, firsthand, why Putin is terrified of this incredibly strong, dynamic, and beautiful nation.
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Commentary
Ukrainian militias are fighting for democracy. American militias want to overthrow it.
U.S. and Ukraine gun laws are vastly different. So is the way their citizens wield the weapons.
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News (World)
Drug companies shut off Botox & Cialis shipments to Russia
Notoriously vain Russian leader Vladimir Putin is about to find himself in a hard spot.
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News (World)
I’m a transgender journalist covering the war in Ukraine
Here’s how I ended up covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the frontlines for LGBTQ Nation.
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Politics
How you can help LGBTQ Ukrainians right now
Open your home or open your wallet. Anything will help.
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Commentary
If Ukraine falls so do democracies around the world
What we are witnessing in Ukraine shows the resistance, resolve, and resilience of the human spirit.
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Commentary
Florida’s disgusting “Don’t Say Gay” bill restricts freedom at home as we fight for it abroad
Like Putin, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is justifying Florida’s tyranny by pretending to support family values.
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News (World)
Hackers take over media to broadcast “gay Putin” meme. It’s illegal in Russia.
Putin hates this graphic so much he made it illegal to display it inside Russia. So hackers took over Bulgarian media to broadcast it.
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Bias Watch
Head of Russian Orthodox Church blames gays for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
His workplace allows him to wear a dress to work every day, but Patriarch Kirill blames Pride parades for the deaths of innocent civilians.
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Commentary
This is what it is like being Black in war-torn Ukraine right now
Sadly, racism will also be part of Ukraine’s war narrative.