05-29-2022, 10:11 PM
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Liana Georgi is an activist with the Safe Bow organization, which helps people from marginalized groups fleeing to safety from Ukraine. It was founded by gender non-conforming activist Rain Dove, and has been assisting with practicalities in helping people flee the Russian invasion.
Georgi told Human Rights First that a few days ago she accompanied one trans person and two gay men who were stopped from leaving Ukraine by border guards.
Under Ukraine’s new martial law, men aged 18 to 60 are forbidden from leaving the country unless they have been granted exceptional status. “The group I was with was trying to cross into Poland, but the male-presenting people, even though one is non-binary, were not allowed to leave,” she said.
This wasn’t an isolated incident, she said, noting reports of trans people being stopped from leaving through at least three border crossings, and not only into Poland. “People prevented from leaving are told to go to a military checkpoint for special permission to leave, to get the ‘white paper’ that’s needed for an exemption. Even people with official papers from outside agencies showing they are transgender have been turned away,” said Georgi.
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https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blo...eaving-ukraine
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