Ukraine's 'unicorn' LGBTQ soldiers head for war

Yahoo ^ | Horaci Garcia

[Jan_Sobieski]

KYIV (Reuters) - As volunteer fighters Oleksandr Zhuhan and Antonina Romanova pack for a return to active duty, they contemplate the unicorn insignia that gives their uniform a rare distinction - a symbol of their status as an LGBTQ couple who are Ukrainian soldiers.

Members of Ukraine's LGBTQ community who sign up for the war have taken to sewing the image of the mythical beast into their standard-issue epaulettes just below the national flag.

The practice harks back to the 2014 conflict when Russia invaded then annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, "when lots of people said there are no gay people in the army," actor, director and drama teacher Zhuhan told Reuters as he and Romanova dressed in their apartment for their second three-month combat rotation.

"So they (the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community) chose the unicorn because it is like a fantastic 'non-existent' creature."

Zhuhan and Romanova, who identifies as a non-binary person with she/her pronouns and moved to the capital from Crimea after being displaced in 2014, met through their theatre work.

Neither was trained in the use of weapons but, after spending a couple of days hiding in their bathroom at the start of the war, decided they had to do more…

[Jan_Sobieski]

[PGR88]

Whose the target audience for this bit of propaganda?

[Orosius]

That’s one angry unicorn.

[Leep]

Hey, watch that bayonet, fella.

[EvilCapitalist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxs3gmewuhI

[Nextrush]

James Bond is out of the closet that’s for sure.

[MercyFlush]

I don’t care if they’re gay transgendered Nazi Chinese Communists so long as they kill Russians.

[cgbg]

This has to be the Babylon Bee—or one of my snarky posts!

;-)

[Tell It Right]

Field commander: Get out there and give the Russians some of your usual domestic violence!!

LOL

[dfwgator]

Fabulous!

[cgbg]

They have meds for your xenophobia.

Take some!

[HombreSecreto]

Who’s next, Bronys?

[Tell It Right]

If they capture some Russian officers, let the LGB Ukes interrogate them with S&M techniques.

[dfwgator]

"Squadron....Camp it up!"

[EvilCapitalist]

Would this unit be called the Rump “Rangers?”

[EvilCapitalist]

Beat you to it. See post 5.

[Texas resident]

“Ya military fairy!”

classic monty python.

[dfwgator]

Oh, you’re no fun anymore.

[KSCITYBOY]

LOL BTT

[rod5591]

Ruskies better not capture one of these rainbow warriors