The story of Ivan, a Ukrainian paramedic who claims LGTBI rights in his country
Ukraine is one of the countries where the gay collective struggles to become visible and conquer rights. This is what is happening in the Ukraine, a society in which homophobia continues to be present but where, paradoxically, the war could be helping to improve the situation.
Ivan is one of the Ukrainians who has to deal daily with the homophobia established in his country. He had been working as a paramedic in the Ukrainian army since 2017. This 27-year-old assures that he has not come out of the closet in his work until the Russian invasion came and those responsible for him sent him to the front.
Ivan’s story
“At the front lines they can’t afford hate. My unit needed a lot of things so I did an interview for a magazine which paved the way for me to find supplies for my unit.. Ukraine is a very homophobic country., more in its armed forces. Something that is slowly changing with this war. The situation is changing because the LGTBI community does the same as the rest to defeat the enemy. We are showing society that we are not different, that is why we have to have the same rights,” said this young Ukrainian in an interview with ‘Cuatro al Día’.
Ukraine does not have a law on same-sex couples, which is why the LGTBI community He has been fighting for years. “It is necessary to be able to visit a loved one in the hospital, to get him out of the morgue and bury him,” says Iván himself.
Just a few weeks ago, this 27-year-old was returning from the Bakhmut front. where there he met his current partner who is still at the front. “If something happens to him, I won’t find out because he’s not openly gay, I’ll only know if a well-known doctor treats him and notifies me,” Iván now waits for his boyfriend to be rotated and he can return to Kiev and meet again with the.
2023-05-20 13:38:59
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