LGBTQNation : Transgender singer in Ukraine is «fighting a war within a war»

As Ukrainian men and women fight to defend their country, and many children and others try to flee, transgender women like Zi Faámelu are finding themselves stuck.

Leaving the country requires a passport. But Faámelu’s passport has a male gender marker, which means she would be denied passage out of the country. Even if she could find a way out of Ukraine, she might not be allowed to cross into a neighbouring country because of the incongruence between her legal sex and lived gender, lgbtqnation.com reports.

«If you have a male gender in your passport, they will not let you go abroad. They will not let you through», she told CBS News according to lgbtqnation.com.