The History Project, Boston’s LGBTQ community archives, has compiled a list of organizations assisting LGBTQ+ Ukrainians, Russians and other victims of the war in Ukraine. You can click on the contacts to learn more about these organizations and find links to how you can help.
From The History Project:
As a community archive dedicated to preserving and uplifting LGBTQ stories and experiences, it is our duty to use our platform to condemn the war in Ukraine and stand up for those impacted by it, especially LGBTQ+ people. We stand in solidarity with Ukraine and everyone fighting Putin’s atrocious regime.
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- Gender Z is a Ukrainian human rights organization that works with a broad range of issues: sexual orientation and gender identity, overcoming stigma regarding the LGBT community; gender (in)equality, women’s rights and overcoming gender stereotypes; and prevention of HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Insight is a Ukrainian organization whose main values are equality, feminism, freedom, inclusiveness, and diversity for all social groups.
- KyivPride is a Ukrainian organization that aims at contributing to full respect for human rights for LGBT+ people in Ukraine, at encouraging an appreciation for these rights by raising LGBT+ visibility and participation in social processes.
- LGBT Human Rights NASH MIR Center was established in Luhansk in Southeastern Ukraine in 1997. The organization is fighting to achieve equal rights and respect for LGBTI community members in Ukraine.
- Quarteera is an organization of Russian-speaking LGBTQ people in Germany supporting LGBTQ asylum-seekers.
- RUSA LGBT is a network for Russian-speaking LGBTQ+ individuals, their friends, supporters and loved ones. RUSA LGBT has welcomed many LGBTQ+ asylum seekers from Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and other countries of the Former Soviet Union.
- The Russian LGBT Network is an interregional, non-governmental human rights organization that promotes equal rights and respect for human dignity, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. They unite and develop regional initiatives, advocacy groups (at both national and international levels), and provide social and legal services.
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