Ukraine war brings a push for LGBTQ+ rights, but will it last? - Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Openly
When Kira learned that her partner Elvira Shchemur had died in a missile strike on Ukraine, the loss hit her doubly hard. Even as she mourned, Kira knew that as a same-sex partner she had no rights to collect Shchemur's body. "Officially, I am no one to her," said Kira, who asked to be identified by a pseudonym due to fears of her employment being affected...