'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