• emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    while I acknowledge that Russia has transphobia as well, it is sus that this story is a confirmation of actively harmful policy in the Ukraine that discriminates against trans people and the writer subtitles their story with a focus on the danger posed by Russia

    • sempersigh [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Well yeah it was interesting the line from the person from the Ukrainian LGBT organization was acting all confused because Ukrainian law suggests that their documents should be accepted at the border when it's like... Yeah are you really surprised? The urban inteligentsia has been ignoring this problem of reactionary elements within the Ukranian military and unchecked nazi militias operating in the east doing whatever the fuck they want. It doesn't really matter what the law says because the military/militias are in control now and if Zelenskiy started asking for something like this to stop he would get couped in a second.

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The urban inteligentsia has been ignoring this problem of reactionary elements within the Ukranian military and unchecked nazi militias operating in the east doing whatever the fuck they want.

        Askhully it's good for LGBT people to let Nazi militias run rampant in their country 1/?

      • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        the line from the person from the Ukrainian LGBT organization was acting all confused because Ukrainian law suggests that their documents should be accepted at the border

        As we all know, countries in open warfare that are getting paved over are always well-organized and respectful of their minorities, particularly ones which face heavy discrimination. Especially so when the country in question has a lot of armed fashies out and about

    • p_sharikov [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      "Human rights groups raise concerns that graves of LGBT people killed by Ukrainian military may be desecrated by the Russians"