Trans women are reportedly being denied passage to safer countries, despite their legal status as women and the danger posed by Russia’s transphobic policies
Should change title of post, the headline is biased. Outside of Kyiv and Lviv, trans people are not safe in Ukraine. Some trans women even conscripted for Ukraine military and forced to fight with men.
St. Petersburg or Moscow are similar, "safe" for trans people as Kyiv and Lviv (maybe less, but not very much).
The headline is technically correct but the sub line under it and the article make that implication. The trans people quoted in the article seem more concerned with getting the fuck out of the warzone then what the russians will do.
At this point the premise of that implication is fundamentally flawed to me because it's starting to look like either Ukraine will turn into a forever insurgency or Russia will wait until they have enough leverage and get a deal pushed through (Donbass, crimea agreement, neutrality status ect)
So this question "how will Russia treat lgbt people after the war" makes no sense to me unless I'm wrong and Russia somehow wins this war by total conquest
Edit: and let's not forget all the terf shit the guardian has allowed to be published. Talk about bad faith
Should change title of post, the headline is biased. Outside of Kyiv and Lviv, trans people are not safe in Ukraine. Some trans women even conscripted for Ukraine military and forced to fight with men.
St. Petersburg or Moscow are similar, "safe" for trans people as Kyiv and Lviv (maybe less, but not very much).
The headline is technically correct but the sub line under it and the article make that implication. The trans people quoted in the article seem more concerned with getting the fuck out of the warzone then what the russians will do.
At this point the premise of that implication is fundamentally flawed to me because it's starting to look like either Ukraine will turn into a forever insurgency or Russia will wait until they have enough leverage and get a deal pushed through (Donbass, crimea agreement, neutrality status ect)
So this question "how will Russia treat lgbt people after the war" makes no sense to me unless I'm wrong and Russia somehow wins this war by total conquest
Edit: and let's not forget all the terf shit the guardian has allowed to be published. Talk about bad faith