Ukrainian trans people struggling to access vital healthcare: ‘We need medication and hormones’
A trans woman in Ukraine has said the community is struggling to access essential healthcare as the Russian war rages on. Anastasiia, director of Cohort NGO, an organisation for transgender people in Ukraine, has chosen to remain in the country – though many trans people have had that choice taken away from them, and are unable to flee. “I’m empowered by the opportunity to help people,” Anastasiia told Gaydiohosts Dave Cooper and Paris Munro. She explained that many trans women are unable to leave because they have male gender markers in their passports. The same is true for cis queer men, and […]