Special attention has been given to women and children, but the trans women in Ukraine have been made to stay back and fight for the country as their passports still has “male” on it.
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Trans people are currently not allowed to leave Ukraine if they are of fighting age and either perceived male. Transgender people in Ukraine are facing discrimination and transphobia as they try to flee from invading Russian forces. Trans women and non-binary people registered “male” at birth, as well as trans men, are considered men and, as a result, they may be deemed as potential recruits and are not allowed to leave Ukraine.
Many transgender women in Ukraine are unable to leave the country because their government ID still mark them as male – and men are forced to stay and fight under the country’s conscription laws. Women also fight in Ukraine’s military, and people are not expelled for being gay or transgender, although they are not necessarily welcomed.