The Ukrainian government is refusing to allow “transgender women” to leave the country along with the millions of women and children refugees who have been streaming into Poland and other European nations.

Instead, Ukrainian border guards are turning them back and forcing them to return home to do their duty and join the fight.

Their reasoning might sour some trans activists in the West: Ukraine’s martial law requires all biological males between the ages of 18 and 60 to remain in the country and fight. And it makes no exceptions for “trans women”.

Even “trans women” who have been widely accepted by their communities as woman still carry passports identifying them as males, which is what border guards see when they try to cross the border. In many cases, trans women who have tried to flee have been turned back.

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Legally speaking, Ukraine starting recognizing trans women as women in 2017. However, they must undergo extensive psychiatric observation and a lengthy bureaucratic process before their assumed gender can be reflected on formal documents.

Sources: La Corriere della Sera, zhedge