Putin and Kadyrov: Two homophobes go after Ukraine
Ukraine is the target of violently homophobic allies Vladimir Putin of Russia and Ramzan Kadyrov of Chechnya.
Ukraine has a mixed record on LGBT rights, but at least it’s a nation that allows Pride celebrations.
That’s part of the reason it’s in the crosshairs of both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov.
This past week, both homophobes directed their ire at Ukraine, which has been fighting valiantly against Putin’s invading troops since Feb. 24.
At a time when the Ukrainian army has been driving Russian troops to retreat, especially in eastern Ukraine, Putin declared that four Ukrainian provinces are now part of Russia. In his Sept. 30 speech celebrating the alleged annexation, Putin also showed his LGBTphobia:
Do we really want, here, in our country, in Russia, instead of ‘mum’ and ‘dad’, to have ‘parent No. 1’, ‘parent No. 2’, ‘No. 3’? Have they gone completely insane?
Do we want children from elementary school to be imposed with things that lead to degradation and extinction? Do we want them to be taught that instead of men and women, there are supposedly some other genders and to be offered sex-change surgeries? This is unacceptable to us; we have a different future.
The next day, Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov, who has overseen mass arrests of gay Chechens for the past five years, responded to Ukraine’s advances against Russian invaders by proposing the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
On Oct. 1, Kadyrov wrote on the messaging site Telegram:
In my personal opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, right up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-yield nuclear weapons.
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