Posted on Mar 13, 2022
Some LGBTQ Ukrainians are fleeing Russian occupation. Others are signing up to fight
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Now, Shast is pushing a grocery cart from shop to shop in Kyiv, filling it with supplies for soldiers on the front lines.
"My life is like before and after," Shast tells NPR. "My life has changed completely."
Even before getting called up for mandatory conscription in Ukraine's military, 26-year-old Shast volunteered this month for Ukraine's territorial defense force, a civilian corps that reports to the military.
Shast is a prominent member of Ukraine's queer scene, who uses they/them pronouns and identifies as nonbinary. They fear what might happen under Russian occupation. Inside Russia, LGBTQ people have faced persecution, even torture.
For some LGBTQ Ukrainians, it's an added reason to flee the war. But for others including Shast, it's a reason to stay and fight.
Now, Shast is pushing a grocery cart from shop to shop in Kyiv, filling it with supplies for soldiers on the front lines.
"My life is like before and after," Shast tells NPR. "My life has changed completely."
Even before getting called up for mandatory conscription in Ukraine's military, 26-year-old Shast volunteered this month for Ukraine's territorial defense force, a civilian corps that reports to the military.
Shast is a prominent member of Ukraine's queer scene, who uses they/them pronouns and identifies as nonbinary. They fear what might happen under Russian occupation. Inside Russia, LGBTQ people have faced persecution, even torture.
For some LGBTQ Ukrainians, it's an added reason to flee the war. But for others including Shast, it's a reason to stay and fight.
Some LGBTQ Ukrainians are fleeing Russian occupation. Others are signing up to fight
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Ukrainian LGBTQ are just as much of the human race and if their beliefs are that they stand a better chance @ a future then they should flee, but those that love their Countries and feel its their duty to serve and kick the Russian Armies a$$es as so will the people of the Ukrainian Country, GOD BLESS UKRAINE
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How wonderful, the degenerates shumcks are going to try and spread their disease here as refugees, or stop their spread by feeding into meatgrinder.
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