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Sasha, a war veteran and Ukrainian drag queen who performs under the name “Marlene Scandal,” on a train in Poland from Kyiv en route to Berlin, Germany, to march in the Berlin gay pride parade. Sasha began his art of drag almost 20 years ago, at private parties hosted in closed basements in Kharkiv. According to Sasha, men would wear their mother's dresses and perform for each other, but for the love of theater and performance and not as a profession. Photograph taken in Poland on July 25, 2024.