https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/ukraines-azov-regiment-friend-foe-lgbtq-community/
Is Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a friend or foe to the LGBTQ community?
Russia calls the members of the Azov Battalion anti-LGBTQ neo-Nazis. But Ukraine's queer community is calling them heroes.
As a collective, the mighty men and women of the Azov regiment attained near-mythical status in the eyes of the public for holding the Russian army at bay in Mariupol while holed up in an underground steel plant for weeks. With their brave exploits playing out in real time amidst a relentless siege by Russia, a common criticism came to the forefront.
The Azov stood accused of being Nazis, of being anti-Semitic nationalists, and of hating the LGBTQ community.
During the earliest days of the newest chapter in a now eight-year war between Russia and Ukraine, UKRAINEPRIDE felt called to honor the many LGBTQ soldiers serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces by raising money for any military group that needed financial assistance. Soon, among those who came calling on the nation’s eponymous Pride organization for help was the Azov.
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