LGBT soldiers in Ukraine rally for legal rights

LGBT Ukrainian service personnel rallied in Kyiv calling for legal reforms to allow people in same-sex partnerships to take medical decisions for wounded soldiers and bury victims of the war with Russia that extended across Ukraine more than two years ago (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Several hundred LGBT Ukrainian military personnel and their supporters marched in central Kyiv on Sunday to demand more rights and highlight their service to their country in its war with Russia.

The service members – many wearing rainbow and unicorn patches on their uniforms – called on the government to grant them official partnership rights.