The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army ( abbreviated as TQILA ) is a unit of the IFB announced in 24 July 2017 , by members of the IRPGF from Raqqa City . The group launched a statement explaining the purposes of its formation in which the response to persecution of LGBT persons by ISIL is highlighted as one of the main motivations of the group . They are part of the International Revolutionary People 's Guerrilla Forces and International Freedom Battalion
persecution of LGBT persons by ISIL
Persecution of gay and bisexual men by ISIL
International Freedom Battalion