My name is Yana, I’m 23. This is my wife Viktoriia, we’ve been together for 7 years. — And this is my friend Yana, we’ve known each other for more than seven years. So it turns out I’ve known her even longer. — Yes, and I’ve known her longer than I’ve known you. We knew each other separately, and then it just happened…
My name is Yen. This is my friend Ania. We’ve been friends for about 6 years. We met at a party, one of those private ones, by chance — at some mutual friends’ place. How we met Basically, I found out about his orientation right away. It didn’t surprise me in the least. I’d had people from the LGBTQI+ community in my…
I’m Zhdania, my orientation is heterosexual, I’m married, I have two children. My name is Viktoriia, I’m a member of the LGBTQI+ community. How we met We met in feminist circles, our shared activism brought us together. Before that I used to watch Zhdania on TikTok, on Instagram. But then we actually met, when I…
My name is Tania. My name is Sofiia. We study together at university. How we ended up living together It just so happened that last year we were on the same floor — we didn't live as roommates, but we knew each other. And this year we decided to live together. I'm heterosexual. I'm a lesbian. I'm fine with…
I'm Katria, we're friends. My name is Mariia, Katria and I are friends — I live in Kyiv on and off. How we met We met quite a long time ago, when, it seems to me, we were both more or less still kids. But really, I remember you from back when you were still a child and I was already an adult. We were at a summer camp…
My name is Anton, I'm 24. This is my friend Ania. We met at the same job, started talking, seeing each other now and then — and basically that's how our friendship began. The first little signs I didn't find out right away, but over time, as we got closer, these little signs started appearing. For example, when Anton…
Hi, my name is Yulik. Hi, my name is Zhenia. We've been together for 3.5 years now. We started dating on New Year's — so now it's very easy to count. How we met We met online. I found some little chat on Twitter — lesbians and feminists had gathered there. I thought: oh, this is for me. It was right at the start of…
Hi, my name is Yeva. My name is Marharyta. And we've been a couple for a year now — and today it's exactly one year. How we met We met in a really interesting way, I think. I was hosting a dinner for clients at the center, and then a waitress hands me a flower, and there's a note with it. And I knew right away that it…
— I'm a transgender queer person, a transgender man. Nikita. — Natalia. God, were we supposed to prepare for this? Well, I'll pass as a heterosexual person, to make this all simpler, but honestly I'm not a big fan of that self-definition. It's hard for me. — We're best friends. It's called “besties.” How we met We've…
– Hi, my name is Veronika. – Hello, my name is Mariia. And we've been together for two and a half years now. How we met We met on an online dating site, back when I was still living in Vienna and Veronika was in Kyiv. But she was about to move to Vienna to study. Yes, to study. I was a little scared to go somewhere…
