Fight for Global Rights – Solidarity knows no borders. Lesbians, gays, bi, trans* and inter* people (LGBTIQ*) suffer from disenfranchisement, persecution and abuse in many parts of the world. We stand by their side in solidarity. The Munich Kyiv Queer contact group, created in 2012 after the Pride in Munich, is specifically committed to the human rights of homo-, bi-, trans* and inter* people in Ukraine. The city partnership between Kyiv and Munich is the basis for this. Since then, a lively collaboration has developed between the LGBTIQ* groups in both cities, which are linked in friendship. The joint projects have long since extended beyond Kyiv into the whole of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full scale war, Munich Kyiv Queer has reinvented itself as an aid organisation. We raise funds for Ukrainian LGBTIQ* in need and support refugees.
Ukrainian LGBTIQ* activists talk about their lives in Ukraine, their experiences with the community in Munich and their plans for the future. Friday, 8 May 2026, 7 p.m., at LeZ
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Illia dovkin has only been living in Germany for a few months. His life in Ukraine was difficult, marked by hard work and hostility towards queer people. In Germany, he wants to start all over again. His vision of a happy life is revealed in the exhibition “Youth”, which we are showing at the…
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To mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility, we will be screening “Queens of Joy” at the Mathäser Cinema on 31 March. The film tells the story of three queer people from Ukraine: Monroe, a trans* woman and icon of the Ukrainian queer scene; Artur Ozerov, also known as drag artist Aura and soldier;…
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Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m. in the Gay-Queer Centre Sub, Müllerstraße 14
