People in the LGBTQ community in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have reasons to be hopeful
Over the next week, they’ll mark Pride — a time of celebration, mourning and soldiering forward in their own fight for equality — in the midst of war.
And while the city and surrounding areas have endured relentless assaults since the Russian invasion began in February, the Kremlin has now been forced to pull back from the region following an aggressive Ukrainian counter-offensive.
The danger from Russia isn’t over yet, but the team of people working to put on KharkivPride 2022 are pushing ahead with their plans, and they say a show
