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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Mon Apr 18, 2022, 07:39 AM Apr 2022

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'We did not run away': Ukraine's LGBTQ+ community fights homophobia on the frontlines

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, members of the LGBTQ+ community and activists have been visibly joining and helping Ukraine’s army - with some hoping their participation will erode prejudice.

With this goal in mind, one LGBTQ+ organization even donated to Azov, a far-right group with a history of extreme homophobia before the war.

Anastasia is a Lesbian who has been volunteering on and off with the army since Russia first invaded in 2014.

While she spent five years as a civilian before the war began on February 24, she immediately volunteered to work as a drone operator as fighting broke out.

https://www.euronews.com/2022/04/18/we-did-not-run-away-ukraine-s-lgbtq-community-fights-homophobia-on-the-frontlines

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'We did not run away': Ukraine's LGBTQ+ community fights homophobia on the frontlines (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2022 OP

K & R . . . Lovie777 Apr 2022 #1

You Only Need to Shoot Straight Deep State Witch Apr 2022 #2

Lovie777

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1. K & R . . .

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Mon Apr 18, 2022, 07:47 AM

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Deep State Witch

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2. You Only Need to Shoot Straight

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Mon Apr 18, 2022, 11:42 AM

Apr 2022

You don't need to be straight, you just have to shoot straight!

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