Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia — three different countries with different histories. Yet in each of them, there are people whose love exists regardless of the laws that refuse to recognize it.
On this page, you’ll find six stories of LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones from three countries. Stories of what it’s like to love when society has no place for your love, and the law offers you no protection. And also stories of how love — from partners, parents, and friends — gives people the strength to endure.
The title is a nod to a 1947 song made famous by Dean Martin, in which the narrator speaks of love indirectly — somebody, sometime. It was precisely this indirectness that inspired us: queer people are often forced to live in the shadows, but they love and are loved.
Everybody finds somebody someplace
There’s no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps saying
My someplace is here
The campaign is implemented by UNAIDS and ECOM, together with partners from the Ukrainian Women’s Association Sphere, the Moldovan Information Center GENDERDOC-M, and the Armenian National Trans Coalition NGO. Explore these stories — you may recognize your own love in them.