Such programs continued unperturbed during the First Trump Administration, when a touching project meant to increase transgender visibility in Ukrainian Fashion Week was funded through USAID’s program to “Enhance Non-Governmental Actors and Grassroots Engagement” (ENGAGE) in Ukraine:
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Don’t worry, homophobes and transphobes; as long as capitalism exists, there will always be a “non-governmental organization” that will be willing to exploit the LGBTQ+ community and “sex workers” for corporate interests.
Pact has worked in Ukraine since 2006 in the areas of governance, capacity development, and health. Building on Pact’s decade of experience, the ENGAGE activity addresses key challenges facing civil society organizations in Ukraine. A nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in more than 30 countries to improve the lives of those who are poor and marginalized. We strive for a world where all people exercise their voice, build their own solutions and take ownership of their future.
Union of the LGBT military, veterans and volunteers was established in 2018 by Viktor Pylypenko, an openly gay veteran of the Donbas Volunteer Battalion, after he made a coming out during Anton Shebetko’s exhibition “We Were Here.” The union now has more openly gay as well as closeted LGBT military. We unite in order to become equal with other citizens of Ukraine, have equal rights.
For 14 years now, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation has been committed to its mission to strengthen regional cooperation, civil society, and democratic foundations in the countries of the Black Sea region. As part of the Fast response COVID-19 program, BST funded NGO Fulcrum for its complex response to the labor market crisis as an outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, through providing job search, counselling on labor rights and psychological counselling to the Ukrainian LGBT+ community—one of the most discriminated and vulnerable groups in the country. For organizations working in the areas of interest for BST, please check Calls for Applications | The German Marshall Fund of the United States (gmfus.org)
The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) provides modest funding for small-scale, high-impact projects in more than 120 countries eligible for official development assistance (ODA). The CFLI has an annual programming budget of $26.8 million, with projects averaging $31,000 each. Projects are planned and implemented mainly by local organizations, and are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian Embassy or High Commission.
“My fellow soldiers are really impressed with what I’ve done in Bakhmut, the massive scale of work that I did there, and after that they just don’t care about who I sleep with,” Honzyk, whose medical unit evacuates wounded soldiers and provides emergency first aid, said in a hip café in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, while on leave from the front line.
That doesn’t sound like what Ivan told the following publication, three days later:
Ivan Honzyk came out as gay in March last year. His sexuality is a problem for others. In Russia, he keeps appearing on television for propaganda purposes. In Ukraine, many homosexuals have a hard time in the army. Many live in hiding, says Ivan Honzyk. Soldiers don’t want to meet him for fear of being mistaken for gay themselves.
Alturi is grateful for the support and partnership of a number of leading governmental, non-governmental and non-profit organizations, as well as corporations and non-profits. These include:
GALZ has received grants from the Dutch NGO Hivos (funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Atlantic Philanthropies (via The Other Foundation), the Ford Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gilead Sciences, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Wellcome Trust (via The Love Alliance), and OutRight International. OutRight is supported by Google, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (created by U.S. Congress), Microsoft, the Oak Foundation, Open Society Foundations, PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble, Twitter, Visa Inc, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, the World Bank, the German and Canadian governments, etc.
Last time that I heard about the US promoting LGBTQ+ rights (pinkwashing), in another country, was when Luna Oil suspected that the US was sponsoring a color revolution in Vietnam. I remember a couple of years ago, the US Embassy in Tlsabi, and Open Society Foundations, were pushing gay pride parades [Trump 1.0] in the country of Georgia (the majority of the people are Orthodox Christian). It’s been documented, in the past, that the USAID has partnered with OSF on pushing cultural issues.
Note 1: I’m not sure why you’d say George Soros’ funding of advocacy groups aimed at decriminalizing pimps and johns is a “conspiracy theory.” There is documented evidence of this [29] through his charity, Open Society Foundations. Additionally, the group you display in the image on your letter, Fuckförbundet, lists George Soros’ philanthropic organization as a funder on its homepage. [30]
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