Ukrae’s gay soldiers fight Rsia—and for their rights

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• UKRAE’S GAY SOLDIERS FIGHT RSIA—AND FOR THEIR RIGHTS

UKRAE’S GAY SOLDIERS FIGHT RSIA—AND FOR THEIR RIGHTS

Europe | A battle yet to be wonWar chang everythg, cludg attus to gay people Listen to this story. Enjoy more d and podsts on iOS or browser do not support the <d> Pasha Lagoyda joed the Ukraian army 2021, he didn’t tell anyone he was gay. Now Mr Lagoyda is servg on the ont le and all the 180 people his un know he’s gay.

“Wherever I serve, ” says Mr Lagoyda, “everyone tells me: ‘Bee you are here at war, prciple I have no right to ll you gay or a faggot; you are jt a person who is protectg on an equal footg’. Thoands of gay people are servg the Ukraian armed forc, often sportg a rabow badge next to the Ukraian blue and yellow on their uniform. Homosexual sex was crimalised after the Soviet Unn broke up 1991, but when Kyiv’s first Gay Pri para was held 2013 only a few dozen people were brave enough to ignore the threat of skhead vlence.