Contents:
- A GAY DATG APP IS HELPG TO HOE QUEER PEOPLE FLEEG UKRAE
- LGBTQ REFUGE FLEEG UKRAE FACE DISCRIMATN UNTRI WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
A GAY DATG APP IS HELPG TO HOE QUEER PEOPLE FLEEG UKRAE
Leave to a gay datg app to help people fe unexpected nnectns. Although some ers poted out that Ukrae is nscriptg men between the ag of 18 to 60, and so the group might not be as helpful as one would thk, a Romeo spokperson told Queerty that the group was not tend strictly for the app’s erbase, which is largely gay men. Ined, LGBTQ+ refuge fleeg Ukrae are hopg to pe poundg threats: the Rsian vadg forc themselv, as well as the tense homophobia of the Rsian ernment.
Then there’s the fact that Ukrae’s neighborg natn, Poland, to which over a ln Ukraians have fled, is notorly homophobic as well, wh the nonprof advocy group ILGA-Europe rankg the untry ad last s rankg of the most gay-iendly untri the EU. An activist's silhouette is seen through a rabow flag durg a gay pri para Kyiv on May 25, 2013.
Women also fight Ukrae's ary, and people are not expelled for beg gay or transgenr, although they are not necsarily weled. Many Ukraians are fleeg to Poland and Hungary, and activists say they will face particular challeng there, sce the European Unn has nmned both untri for havg anti-gay laws.
LGBTQ REFUGE FLEEG UKRAE FACE DISCRIMATN UNTRI WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
In Poland, gay upl n't marry, form civil unns or adopt children. In 2019, an opn poll found that almost a quarter of Polish people believe that homosexualy mt not be tolerated, and there are so-lled "LGBTQ-ee" zon across the untry. "We don't want them to be kept refugee mps or big buildgs or huge plac where they are not safe bee of urse homophobia is still existg Poland.
Ambassador to the Uned Natns Nikki Haley to nmn the kidnap and torture of gay and bisexual men Rsia-ntrolled @nikkihaley to nmn Chechen ’t attacks on LGBTQ men & vtigate reported ncentratn mps. Thoands hold gay pri march Ukraian pal of Kiev #PRIDE #PriMonth #Pri2018 — NBC Out (@NBCOUT) June 17, 2018This progrs has ntued.