Ukrainian LGBTQ activists captured a group of Russian soldiers hiding in a basement
Israel Hayom reports the activists fought and captured the soldiers.Related: Here’s where you can donate to help LGBTQ people in Ukraine“This is our war, the Ukrainians, but we have also been fighting as LGBTQ people, and I’m sure that the comrades in Kharkiv understood that,” he said.“We are confronting a tyrannical, homophobic enemy,” Pylypenko added.“Ukraine is a European country.
We have a 10-year history of Pride marches, and as you know, in Russia, the situation is like opposite,” Edward Reese, project assistant for Kyiv Pride, said in an interview with CBS News at the onset of the invasion. “We have totally different paths. … We see the changes in people’s thoughts about human rights, LGBTQ, feminism and so on. … So definitely we don’t want anything connected to Russia … and we won’t have them.”While same-sex marriage is not recognized in Ukraine, the country does offer some nondiscrimination protections to the LGBTQ community, such as in housing and employment.
LGBTQ rights in Russia are less supported, including a so-called propaganda law passed in 2013 that prevents instructing minors of the existence of same-sex relationships and which has been used to crackdown on Pride demonstrations and other pro-LGBTQ events.
