War brings urgency to fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine
by Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#6C235)
Campaigners hope a new law will show LGBT soldiers that the country they are risking their lives for cares about them
The Ukrainian MP Andrii Kozhemiakin is a wiry, conservative ex-spy who likes to emphasise his Christian faith and large family. He is also an unlikely new recruit in the fight for LGBT rights in Ukraine.
A draft civil union law that would give same-sex partnerships legal status for the first time was introduced this year to Ukraine's parliament, which is still functioning despite the war.
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