"The faster we can eliminate all forms of discrimination, the faster we will win, not only on the battlefield in Ukraine, but also globally," said Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's U.S. ambassador, speaking at a photo exhibit at the Ukraine House in Washington that featured LGBTQ and intersex Ukrainian soldiers. in.
"The LGBTQ community is inseparable from us both here and in Ukraine," the ambassador emphasized when presenting the photos of Alim Jakubov, a Crimean Tatar who moved to Kyiv in 2014 after the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.
In 2021, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi pledged that Ukraine would continue to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. Last year, he declared his support for the same-sex civil partnership law.
The ambassador also drew attention to the fact that "discrimination is still present in Ukraine, but the faster we can eliminate all kinds of discrimination, the faster we will win - not only on the Ukrainian battlefield, but also globally."
"It's a constant struggle. It's a fight that makes us better. It's a fight that makes us freer, and it's a fight that finally gives us the opportunity to live in a country where everyone, regardless of nationality, religion, skin color or sexuality, can once again live where they want to live," he said. Markarova.
"We are fighting for our right to live the way we want. We are fighting for our democracy. This is what distinguishes Ukraine from Russia, which is attacking us: that we are free, we are democratic, and we want to decide how to live. That's why we won't give up and never give up again," he added.
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