Life for LGBTQ people Ukrae had been improvg, while Rsian Print Vladimir Put has systematilly attacked gay and transgenr people.
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LGBTQ REFUGE FLEEG UKRAE FACE DISCRIMATN UNTRI WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
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A 2019 survey of around 40, 000 people 34 untri nducted by the Pew Rearch Center found that only 14 per cent of rponnts Ukrae thought homosexualy should be accepted is no data on how many of Ukrae's 41 ln cizens are LGBTQ, but one Ipsos survey suggts that, globally, anywhere between three and 10 per cent of people intify as LGBTQ, pendg on the untry. Gay and trans people are allowed to jo the ary Ukrae and have been takg part the fence of the untry, he said. Posts on Instagram troduce dienc to the gay Ukraian men fightg for their untry, while photos show drag artists donng ary attire wh the ptn “Ukraian drag queens stroy Mosvian [sic] occupiers!.
“Poland is perceived as homophobic but there are lots of betiful people workg on this. For example, borrowg om philosopher and queer theorist Jasbir Puar’s ncept of “homonatnalism, ” there is a risk that the stggle for LGBTQ+ rights is simplified to a straightforward narrative of European or wtern valu vers the tolerance of the East or “the rt. In 2017, German polician Jens Spahn argued that the moral valu of refuge differ signifintly to those of Germans, cg homophobia and transphobia as exampl.
While the war Ukrae appears to be embolng lls for LGBTQ+ rights protectns and transformg the advocy efforts of groups Ukrae, there are risks that LGBTQ+ rights and liberatn uld be swallowed by the rhetoric of war or homonatnalist narrativ. Homosexualy is not illegal Ukrae, but same-sex marriag and civil partnerships are not has ed particular problems for LGBT people signg up for the ary followg Rsia's example, unr Ukraian law if someone a same-sex relatnship di, their partner nnot llect their body or bury onle petn says: "At this time, every day n be the last. However this do not guarantee any chang to the current law, and is not clear whether Mr Zelensky will move to legalise same-sex some efforts have been ma to protect LGBT people Ukrae - such as an anti-discrimatn law that was troduced 2015 - s LGBT muny has suffered homophobia, tolerance and 2013, the untry's first official Pri march was held Kyiv spe protts - was meant to happen the prev year, but was ncelled after a gatherg of skheads threatened source, EPAImage ptn, Activists are treated by paramedics after far-right protters threw smoke bombs to the crowd 2018But spe the risks, the Pri para has grown populary, and last year more than 7, 000 people took part a march the pal, anisers timated.