Ukraine’s first-ever LGBT shelter forced to close after running out of money
It looked like any other Eastern bloc-style building, but a four-bedroom apartment in the capital of Ukraine was, for five years, a crucial lifeline for the countrys LGBT+ community. Now its gone. An LGBT+ shelter in Kyiv ran out of money and was forced to close its doors, severing off a pocket of protection in a war-tugged country where citizens and officials divide on queer rights. Opened by the LGBT+ […]