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Gay War Veteran Speaks Out for Equal Rights in Ukraine’s Military
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko — 2021
Viktor Pylypenko has become a role model for dozens of LGBT+ Ukrainian war veterans and their supporters since he organised their participation in Kyiv’s largest ever gay pride march. And he makes a direct link between his sexual orientation and the cause for which he says he was fighting—a free and sovereign Ukraine in which all enjoy equal rights.
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