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News (World)
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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Commentary
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.
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News (World)
Anti-LGBTQ propaganda is a big part of Russia’s war effort
The Putin regime’s focus on humiliating the LGBTQ community inside Russia is being utilized as a part of their war efforts against the Ukrainian populace as well.
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News (World)
An unlikely queer hero dodges bombs to deliver aid in Ukraine
Agatha Williams, a metal fabricator from Denver, Colorado turned front-line aid worker aiding civilians amid the Russian invasion, joined the relief effort. Here is what they’re doing every day now to help the Ukrainian people.
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Bias Watch
Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years in prison
Josh Duggar had a reality show and led rallies against LGBTQ equality a decade ago. Now he’s getting locked up for possessing porn depicting children as young as 18-months-old.
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Politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for asking what Nazis think of a fake Pride flag
“I’m pretty sure those Nazis have the same opinion of that flag as you do.”
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Politics
Pete Buttigieg, Dr. Rachel Levine & all LGBTQ members of Congress banned from Russia
Of course Jen Psaki was ready with a clapback.
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News (World)
Meet the woman helping some LGBTQ Ukrainians flee the country as others stay to fight
Olga Polyakova and her group, Gender Stream, are helping them all.
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Commentary
What can you do when the Russian propaganda machine targets you? I found out the hard way
As a transgender journalist covering the war in Ukraine, I’m particularly vulnerable. Even more so after Russia’s Ministry of Foreign affairs started posting about me on social media.
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News (World)
Queer Pussy Riot leader daringly escapes Russia disguised as a food courier
“I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore.”
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Commentary
When death seems easy by comparison
A visit to a Ukrainian hospital treating victims of the Russian invasion teaches the true nature of war.
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Life
No matter where you are in the world escaping the closet isn’t easy. Try it in Ukraine.
Carrying letters of the alphabet as part of our identities also means helping to carry those still in pain forward with us.
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Is WNBA star Brittney Griner a prisoner of war?
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to long stretches of silence regarding the iconic athlete’s well-being.
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Commentary
For the LGBTQ community and other minorities, war is fought every day
The danger that non-cis, non-hetero, non-white, non-males face in the U.S. is the same as being in a European ground war.
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News (World)
Prominent LGBTQ & feminist leader attacked in Ukraine
Activist Olena Shevchencko was pepper sprayed in the streets of Lviv, with some speculating a Russian saboteur was behind the attack.
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Life
What it’s like being a transgender journalist in Ukraine
“The attacks on us, they are attacks on you, and every person.”
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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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News (USA)
The director of Kyiv Pride on saving LGBTQ lives during the war in Ukraine
“During the invasion, the health issues, the safety issues that are part of our community, weren’t being addressed. We had to address them from within,” Lenny Emson told LGBTQ Nation correspondent Sarah Ashton-Cirillo.
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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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News (World)
Meet the gay Ukrainian men willing to go to war for their country
“Nobody cares if you are gay or straight, most important (is) if you have military experience.”