ABOVE: QUA — LGBTQ Ukrainians in America activists on April 3. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
A group of LGBTQ Ukrainians and their supporters held a rally in front of the White House on April 3.
Helen Globa, co-founder of Tergo, a support group for parents and friends of LGBTQ Ukrainians, and Human Rights Campaign Global Partnerships Director Jean Freedberg are among those who spoke at the rally that QUA – LGBTQ Ukrainians in America organized.
Rally organizers called for the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status for LGBTQ Ukrainians who are able to travel to the U.S. and more military support for Ukraine, among other things.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last month announced Ukrainians who “have continuously resided in the United States since” March 1 are eligible for TPS.
“Individuals who attempt to travel to the United States after March 1, 2022 will not be eligible for TPS,” he noted.
