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Hanna: “We’re strong when we’re together”

Learning from one another, fighting together. That is the motto under which Munich Kyiv Queer has been inviting queer people from Ukraine to Munich for the “Volunteers Workshop” for years. The focus: volunteering. The aim: to show what the community can achieve thanks to the commitment of its members! In...

Die Volunteers 2026 bei der Münchner Aids-Hilfe
Die Volunteers 2026 bei der Münchner Aids-Hilfe

Polina: “I’m returning in the knowledge that our struggle is bound to bear fruit”

Learning from one another, fighting together. That is the motto under which Munich Kyiv Queer has been inviting queer people from Ukraine to the ‘Volunteers Workshop’ in Munich for years. The focus: volunteering. The aim: to show what the community can achieve thanks to the commitment of its members! In...

Polina an der Isar mit Christina. Foto: MKQ
Polina an der Isar mit Christina. Foto: MKQ

Volodymyr: “Munich has shown me what the future could look like”

Learning from one another, fighting together. That is the motto under which Munich Kyiv Queer has been inviting queer people from Ukraine to Munich for the “Volunteers Workshop” for years. The focus: volunteering. The aim: to show what the community can achieve thanks to the commitment of its members! In...

Volodymyr und Uwe. Foto: MKQ
Volodymyr und Uwe. Foto: MKQ

Nastia: “Why did I have to leave my country to feel normal?”

Learning from one another, fighting together. That is the motto under which Munich Kyiv Queer has been inviting queer people from Ukraine to the ‘Volunteers Workshop’ in Munich for years. The focus: volunteering. The aim: to show what the community can achieve thanks to the commitment of its members! In...

Nastia, Volunteerin 2026 im Sub
Nastia, Volunteerin 2026 im Sub

Alex: “In Munich, I feel free to be myself”

Learning from one another, fighting together. That is the motto under which Munich Kyiv Queer has been inviting queer people from Ukraine to the ‘Volunteers Workshop’ in Munich for years. The focus: volunteering. The aim: to show what the community can achieve thanks to the commitment of its members! In...

Alex vor der Bavaria
Alex vor der Bavaria

Munich Kyiv Extravaganza

Immerse yourself in a world of glitz and glamour! Samantha Jackson and Christina Parficheva invite you to a magical evening featuring breathtaking performances by singers, drag artists and cabaret performers! A unique fusion of drag and queer Ukrainian culture featuring Panas Poltawa, Maksym Svirenko, Stas Mi, Dana National, Markian Strotsiak...

Munich-Ukrainian Picnic Talk

We enter the 6th year of war and luckily activists from Ukraine will join MunichPride once again. They are all fighting: for their country, their lives, for freedom, as well as for visibility and acceptance of LGBTIQ*, of course. Let's have a snack: Thursday, 25 June, 6.30 p.m., at LeZ.

Foto vom Picknick Talk im LeZ 2023
Picknick Talk im LeZ 2023

Living library: Learning from each other, fighting together

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

Woman* with rainbow painted hands in front of her face

Film-Event: „Queens of Joy“

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...

Queens of Joy. Still: Malanka Studios
Queens of Joy. Still: Malanka Studios

Exhibition: “Youth”

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...

Ausstellung Jugend von Illia Vdovkin (4)
Ausstellung Jugend von Illia Vdovkin (4)