With a rainbow sticker reading "Make Kyiv Queer Again" proudly branded across his rifle, Andrii takes to the front line in the north of the capital each day.

Identifying as pansexual — which means he is attracted to all genders — the 26-year-old had no hesitation joining Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces on day one of Russia's invasion. 

Far from his life as a psychotherapist, Andrii is out to protect the streets where he grew up and to fight against the "social-political oppressive machine".

"We're in danger, of not only imperial Tsar reign, there's also a damn lot of sexism, racism and tremendous homophobia coming to us from the east," he told the ABC. 

"I was extremely scared the first days, but now things are different. We are well supplied, trained and have 100 plans for any circumstance — we're all inspired and confident."

Andrii, who preferred to only give his first name, said there were a lot of LGBTQI people in the Ukrainian military who were on the front lines after fighting in Donbas for eight years.

He said they were fighting for their freedoms and have brought a "specific greeting" with them. 

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