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While draconian acts were expected from Russian government entities, an event in Ukraine caused significantly greater consternation among local activists.

Russia calls the members of the Azov Battalion anti-LGBTQ neo-Nazis. But Ukraine’s queer community is calling them heroes.

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.

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.

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.

“I’m pretty sure those Nazis have the same opinion of that flag as you do.”

Of course Jen Psaki was ready with a clapback.

Olga Polyakova and her group, Gender Stream, are helping them all.

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.

“I don’t think Russia has a right to exist anymore.”

A visit to a Ukrainian hospital treating victims of the Russian invasion teaches the true nature of war.

Carrying letters of the alphabet as part of our identities also means helping to carry those still in pain forward with us.

Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to long stretches of silence regarding the iconic athlete’s well-being.

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.

Activist Olena Shevchencko was pepper sprayed in the streets of Lviv, with some speculating a Russian saboteur was behind the attack.

“The attacks on us, they are attacks on you, and every person.”

The term “Ukraine” has become synonymous with “Nazism” in the minds of many Russian people.

“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.

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.

“Nobody cares if you are gay or straight, most important (is) if you have military experience.”