Ukraine Give Reason For Denying Transgender Women Exit From Country

Ukrainian government, in its conscription laws preventing men from leaving the country in the midst of the Russia invasion, has also denied transgender women exit out of the country noting that they are still technically men, Naija News reports

One of the trans women, Zi Faámelu, who was asked to take arms and fight, expressed her displeasure over the development, while revealing that she is planning to escape to Poland illegally as other trans women have done, according to a report by Los Angeles Times.

“Already we were fighting for our lives,” she said. “And now we’re actually in w@r.” Faámelu is anxious to leave now. She knows that under a Russian occupation, life could deteriorate quickly for LGBTQ people like her. Vice News reports that trans people in Ukraine are “totally stuck” and “scared for their lives” in the country.

Two other Ukrainian trans women who spoke to VICE said they can’t leave Ukraine or even safely travel through it because all of their identification documents say “male” and mention their “old masculine names”.

Meanwhile, other trans people have even been advised to “lose their ID” by human rights groups, in order to get out of Ukraine. Trans campaigners estimate this issue is leading to “hundreds” of trans people in Ukraine being left in “serious d@nger” and feeling “completely alone”.