i mean, yeah, neither of those countries are a bastion of lgbt rights or anything, but imo it’s fair to make an argument that when the country is in a state of war and they have to deal with armed clashes/rebuilding cities/infrastructure/relocating ppl plus a ton of other things are on their mind, lgbt rights would be the last thing they’d be concerned about
so while it’s wrong to say that the war with russia has halted ukraine’s relentless fight for lgbt rights, imo one could argue that it made improving them rather difficult, regardless of whether the current ukranian government cares about them or not
yes, i didn’t say that wasn’t true, what i’m saying is that, if something changes, if the opportunity ever comes to improve things, a state of war is going to impede any progress when there’s potential for change
Sure, I completely agree that the war isn’t going to help things. However, the article disingenuously implies that the state of things in Russia regarding lgbt rights is somehow worse than it was in Ukraine before the war. That’s simply not the case. Both Russia and Ukraine are extremely homophobic.
i mean, yeah, neither of those countries are a bastion of lgbt rights or anything, but imo it’s fair to make an argument that when the country is in a state of war and they have to deal with armed clashes/rebuilding cities/infrastructure/relocating ppl plus a ton of other things are on their mind, lgbt rights would be the last thing they’d be concerned about
so while it’s wrong to say that the war with russia has halted ukraine’s relentless fight for lgbt rights, imo one could argue that it made improving them rather difficult, regardless of whether the current ukranian government cares about them or not
Ukraine has been suppressing lgbt rights long before it was in a state of war, and the far right regime in Ukraine certainly wasn’t championing any of these rights either https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/lgbtq-rights-in-ukraine-and-the-false-dawn-of-zelenskyy/
yes, i didn’t say that wasn’t true, what i’m saying is that, if something changes, if the opportunity ever comes to improve things, a state of war is going to impede any progress when there’s potential for change
Sure, I completely agree that the war isn’t going to help things. However, the article disingenuously implies that the state of things in Russia regarding lgbt rights is somehow worse than it was in Ukraine before the war. That’s simply not the case. Both Russia and Ukraine are extremely homophobic.
ah, i see, yeah, that’s true unfortunately…