Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Ukraine Is An LGBTQ Battlefield
metroweekly.comMetro Weekly. The audience likely identifies as part of the acronym. Or Same-Gender-Loving (SGL). Or queer. Or nonbinary. Or gender nonconforming.
Or an ally. Any of these identities makes this your war.That’s the rule. Let’s get the exceptions out of the way up front. Trump-backing gay billionaire Peter Thiel, for example, infamously wrote, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” If you’re a brainy libertarian billionaire with a fondness for Ayn Rand, why would you? (Aside from a sense of human fellowship, of course.) What is it with white billionaires who spent time growing up in Apartheid South Africa?
Elon?There are plenty of right-wing LGBTQ folks. Roger Stone might be bi. Whatever. These are just outliers.For the majority of us who wave the LGBTQ-and-more banner, this is our war.It starts with Russian President Vladimir Putin (aka Pooty).
Plenty of politicians have thrown queer people under the metaphoric bus to further their careers. Pooty has wrapped himself in it, like some sacred shawl.
