The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army ( TQILA ) was a queer anarchist armed group and subunit of the International Revolutionary People 's Guerrilla Forces formed on 24 July 2017 by LGBT members of the IRPGF . Its formation was announced from Raqqa City along with a statement explaining the purposes of its formation ; the systematic persecution of LGBT people by ISIL was highlighted as a significant motivation for the creation of the group . TQILA is reported to be the first LGBT unit to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , and apparently the first LGBT militia in the Middle East
the systematic persecution of LGBT people by ISIL
Persecution of gay and bisexual men by ISIL
The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army