Dmytro: “I will not fall into depression. I will work”

Dmytro lives in Lviv in a shelter operated by one of our partner organisations in Ukraine. He is 19, identifies as a genderqueer gay man. From the beginning of the war he stayed in Ukraine with his loved ones though he suffers a lot from what’s happening there. He has to fight his own bad feelings about it. Our columnist Iryna Hanenkova recorded his story.

Russia’s war against Ukraine ripped off all income from Dmytros family – and his stepfather would not support him – so he left home and started to work to earn his life on his own. It is hard.

He was always keen in supporting the queer community with his activism. He lectures on draft laws for the LGBTIQ* community, participates in various events and workshops from different Ukrainian LGBTIQ*-organizations. He wants to help because it helps him.

Your donations are highly welcome

This is Dmytro’s story. With your donations we try to finance shelters of LGBTIQ*-organisations in Ukraine and we support queer individuals to survive. Help if you can, too – you’ll find everything beneath. Thank you so much!

This is how you can donate

INDIVIDUAL HELP Munich Kyiv Queer has its own fundraising campaign via https://www.paypal.me/ConradBreyer to support queer people in Ukraine who are in need or on the run. Why? Because not all LGBTIQ* are organised in the local LGBTIQ*-groups. This help is direct, fast and free of charge if you choose the option “For friends and family” on PayPal. If you don’t have PayPal, you can alternatively send money to the private account of Conrad Breyer, speaker of Munich Kyiv Queer, IBAN: DE427015000021121454.

All requests from the community are meticulously checked in cooperation with our partner organisations in Ukraine. If they can help themselves, they take over. If the demands for help exceed their (financial and/or material) possibilities, we will step in.

HELP FOR LGBTIQ* ORGANISATIONS To support LGBTIQ* in Ukraine we have helped set up the Alliance Queer Emergency Aid Ukraine, in which around 40 German LGBTIQ* Human Rights organisations are involved. All these groups have access to very different Human Rights organisations in Ukraine and use funds for urgently needed care or evacuation of queer people. Every donation helps and is used 100 percent to benefit queer people in Ukraine. Donate here

VULNERABLE GROUP And here you can find out why queer people in war need our support.

Questions? www.MunichKyivQueer.org/help

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