Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Ukraine face challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ individuals. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence in , the Ukrainian LGBTQ community has gradually become more visible and more organized politically, holding several LGBTQ events in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kryvyi Rih. In the s and s.
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Ukrainian non-governmental organization that focuses on implementing and protecting the human rights of the LGBTQ+ community in Ukraine.
Ukraine legalised gay sex in , but conservative elements in the mainly Orthodox Christian nation often speak out against rights for LGBTQ+ people, and members of the far-right regularly target groups and events linked to the community.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Ukraine face challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ individuals. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence in , the Ukrainian LGBTQ community has gradually become more visible and more organized politically, holding several LGBTQ events in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kryvyi Rih. In the s and s.
The United Kingdom’s new Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough, an openly gay diplomat, is a strong supporter the Ukrainian LGBTI community and speaks often at LGBTI events. [note]“British Ambassador to Ukraine Spoke for the First Time About her Orientation and Helping LGBT,” Radio Svoboda, 19 March [/note] Finally, the support of.
Although Ukraine’s LGBTQ community has gradually become more visible since the country’s independence in , homophobia is still very much commonplace. At the beginning of July, gay activist Borys Zolotchenko was hospitalised following a brutal attack by a group of around 10 assailants in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih.
Fault lines within the rainbow community “Today, we have quite big acceptance for people in the LGBTQ community, except for queer and non-binary people,“ Edward Reese says, “even in the community, non-binary and queer people are not quite accepted. First, we have to get gay marriage, and then maybe, maybe we can talk about non-binary documents or toilets. We have maybe two lines of.