Gay News
Ukrainian queer teen explains why he won’t flee despite terrifying war: ‘I want to be free’
Like many people in Ukraine, Franz hasn’t gotten much sleep since Russia invaded his home country last week. Franz – whose name is being withheld to protect his identity – lives in western Ukraine in the city of Lviv. So far, he’s been lucky – there have
By LGBT
Mar 1, 2022
Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala forced to flee country after ‘explosions near home’ in Kyiv
Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala has been forced to flee the country with her two children. Jamala, who won Eurovision 2016 for Ukraine, told Israel’s Kan News that she decided to leave Kyiv with her two children on 24 February “when explosi
By LGBT
Mar 1, 2022
Armed thugs ransack headquarters of Ukrainian LGBT+ group in ‘humiliating’ raid
Workers at an LGBT+ organisation in Ukraine were left in shock when armed men ransacked and robbed their offices in the dead of night. The raid took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning (1 March) at the Kyiv-based offices of LGBT Human Rights Nash
By LGBT
Mar 1, 2022
As a queer immigrant, the Tories’ dehumanising borders bill chills me to the bone
Ibtisam Ahmed, a queer immigrant and head of policy and research at LGBT Foundation, explains the devastating impact the Tories’ Nationality and Borders Bill would have on other LGBT+ people seeking asylum. Being a queer Commonwealth immigrant in th
By LGBT
Mar 1, 2022