A look inside the organization helping LGBTQ Ukrainians who fled their homes because of Russian violence. ⤵️
As I stepped into Lambda’s office for the first time, I saw posters that marked the connection between Polish and Ukrainian LGBTQ identity. I wondered how the past seven years of mounting anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and laws had affected this office and the people that work here. Even before the war, the union between the LGBTQ community inand Poland was strong.
But it would have to be stronger now than ever. Milosz Przepiorkowski, a Lambda board member, gave me some insight into how the organizations is helping LGBTQ Ukrainians fleeing to Warsaw. Below is our conversation:on February 24th, by February 25th we already knew that we had to do something because, as Lambda Warsaw, we are a support organization and we knew immediately that support was needed. So, on February 28th, we launched our help center for LGBTQIA refugees from Ukraine.
And I think every individual story is striking because these are people who had a life — sometimes a good life, sometimes not so good — but they were at home and now they had to flee to another country, [one] which is also not LGBT friendly. JF: Do they talk about how your warm reception in this country that isn't friendly to LGBTQ people has helped them?You know, in the beginning they are shocked, so they don't have much to say. But they come back because we have Polish lessons for them, we have psychological advice.
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