Sunday, June 30, 2024

War on Two Fronts: Openly Gay Soldiers Fight for Their Country and Against Homophobia

Oct 8, 2022 | A petition to legalize same sex marriage in Ukraine gathered more that 25k signatures in only 6 days, showing the huge strides Ukrainian society has made to combat homophobia. Meanwhile, Russian Progandists routinely use homophobic rhetoric to justify the war.

Pavlo Lagoyda is an openly gay man and a Ukrainian soldier now fighting in the war against Russia. He gives us a fascinating insight into the day to day life of an openly gay soldier, and how much less scary and dangerous life for the LBGTQ+ community has become in such a short period of time.