Emilia: “You learn to appreciate the sunrise”

This is Emilia, a lesbian woman from Ukraine, who got kind of “inspired” by Russia’s aggression to help others. Before the war, she says, she lived quite a regular life. Now she supports queer people on her channels. Our columnist Iryna Hanenkova had a chance to ask her for a video.

The war, the constant threat of death, taught Emilia to enjoy every moment of her life and even more: to help others. Before the war, she went to the office every day and did not waste any thought how to contribute to the wider society.

Today, she’s happy every morning to wake up, to see her family and friends live. That’s all that counts for Emilia right now and she decided to talk on social media about LGBTIQ*, their situation and their lifes in the war.

Emilia calls for our solidarity: Every donation and every voice matters to reach and support LGBTIQ* people in Ukraine right now.

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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