Contents:
- LGBTQ REFUGE FLEEG UKRAE FACE DISCRIMATN UNTRI WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
- A GAY DATG APP IS HELPG TO HOE QUEER PEOPLE FLEEG UKRAE
- THIS GAY DATG APP IS HELPG LGBTQ+ UKRAIAN REFUGE AND THEIR FAI FD SHELTER
LGBTQ REFUGE FLEEG UKRAE FACE DISCRIMATN UNTRI WH ANTI-GAY LAWS
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. 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. 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.
A GAY DATG APP IS HELPG TO HOE QUEER PEOPLE FLEEG UKRAE
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. ‘The water the river was eezg’Dima, a 27-year-old gay Ukraian livg wh HIV whose last name is beg whheld to protect his privacy, is one of the LGBTQI+ refuge who stggled to leave Ukrae.
Homophobia and transphobia have creased Poland recent years, and sce January 2020 more than 100 Polish municipali have clared themselv “LGBTQI+-ee zon”. As Rsia ntu s asslt on Ukrae, a gay datg app is helpg LGBTQ+ refuge fleeg the nflict fd safe shelter outsi the untry. On Febary 24, 2022 Outright lnched a Ukrae Fund bee tim of crisis, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTIQ) people face high risks.
Activists across the regn are addnally ncerned about protectg the liv and rights of LGBTIQ people, sce Rsia has a long track rerd of targetg and persecutg human rights fenrs and of state-sponsored homo- and transphobia.
THIS GAY DATG APP IS HELPG LGBTQ+ UKRAIAN REFUGE AND THEIR FAI FD SHELTER
The untry is also famo for s “gay propaganda” law, which was signed by Rsian Print Vladimir Put June 2013 and prohibs the distributn/marketg of any LGBTQ ntent emed “harmful” to mors. Many have also ced Rsia’s ntroversial anti-gay “propaganda” laws, as well as s mov to ban same-sex marriage and trans adoptn last year, as signs that thgs uld change drastilly for queer and trans people if the vasn is succsful.
The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA) is promotg LGBTQ+ anizatns the Ukrae and neighbourg untri on s webse, which clus tails on how to donate. 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. “Won’t say anythg bad about gay people to you, bee we are livg a ee society.