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    Will Russia bring its war on LGBTQ people to Ukraine?

    Ze Faámelu wants to escape the war in Ukraine, but her identity will not let her. A 31-year-old transgender singer, her passport says she is male, the sex assigned to her at birth, and Ukraine has prohibited men of fighting age from leaving the country. That paradox has left Faámelu hunkered inside her Kyiv apartment as missiles soar all around her. She is considering following other ...
    by Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times Mar 03, 2022 4 minutes
    Los participantes asisten a una marcha del orgullo gay en el centro de Kiev, Ucrania, en 2018..

    Ze Faámelu wants to escape the war in Ukraine, but her identity will not let her.

    A 31-year-old transgender singer, her passport says she is male, the sex assigned to her at birth, and Ukraine has prohibited men of fighting age from leaving the country.

    That paradox has left Faámelu hunkered inside her Kyiv apartment as missiles soar all around her. She is considering following other transgender women who have crossed into Poland illegally through the woods in the week since Russia invaded.

    "Already we were fighting for our lives," she said. "And now we're actually in war."

    Faámelu is anxious to leave now. She knows that under a Russian

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