Let’s watch the semifinals (9th of May, 11th of May) as well as the big final show of Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv on Saturday, 13th of May, each at 7.30 p.m., in Munich’s gay community centre Sub, Müllerstraße 14. We screen it live, in colour and big. As...
Nothing touches, nothing moves a human being more intensely than movies. To find out what’s a matter to you, define messages, to tell the own story and put it emotionally in a video – that is what we learn from this theory-workshop about social video advertisment. For many years,...
Our partner, the LGBT-Organisation Gay Alliance Ukraine, has invited the Munich based Artist Naomi Lawrence to hold workshops about Creative Protest in Ukraine. Creative Protest is a simple method how to do politics with creative resources, in an inexpensive way to express yourself and have fun. Naomi Lawrence has...
Our partner, the LGBT-Organisation Gay Alliance Ukraine, has invited the Munich based Artist Naomi Lawrence to hold workshops about Creative Protest in Ukraine. Creative Protest is a simple method how to do politics with creative resources, in an inexpensive way to express yourself and have fun. Naomi Lawrence has...
Spring is here, and, as the tradition goes, our friends from Ukraine are back in Munich! On Saturday, April 2nd, a group of LGBT activists from all over Ukraine flew to the capital of Bavaria to participate in a volunteers’ education project. The participants will enjoy a week full...
Progress in the rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU is inextricably linked with compliance and expansion of human rights in our country, particularly regarding LGBT people, and this, in turn, is possible under two main conditions – the further improvement of legislation and addressing homophobia in Ukrainian society, –...
Lesbians from Ukraine talk about their lives. The stories are true. However, professional actors are interpreting them. We proudly present the theater group Zhiva Ja. The name goes back to the ancient Slavic goddess of vitality, love and wisdom, Zhiva, while the Russian word “Ja” means “Me”. Svitlana Hryhoriants und Anastasiia...
The 7th Equality and Pride Days, a Human Rights’ Event, was held from September 1st to 6th in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. The event, organised by the non-governmental public organization LGBT-association LIGA, supports the dialogue among different communities on regional level by holding culture, sports and educational events that...
Ivan Kisil lives beyond the Dnepr river, far away from the cosy streets and green parks of the Ukrainian capital. Kiev has two faces; Ivan knows the ugly side better than the bright one. In the suburbs of Kiev, Iwan works. He’s teacher. Every Sunday, he takes his camera...
The Munich artist Naomi Lawrence, part of Munich Kiev Queer, has been attending OdessaPride for nearly a whole week. She has had her own exhibition on the Comic Con Art Festival (“Wonder Woman”) and has hold one of her famous workshops about how to use your creative potential for...
It is unreal. At night mails come in with details for the meeting point tomorrow and safety instructions. Tomorrow the March of Equality will be held. My head is full of thoughts. I can hardly sleep and only poorly. I have a light breakfast, fruits only, something light. More...
Pride in Kiew abgesagt – die Polizei begründet das mit dem Krieg im Osten. Klitschko nennt das “undemokratisch” – zeigt aber Verständnis… There is always time for human rights! Despite the war raging in the east of the country, despite the growing homo and trans phobia, despite the economic...
It’s kettlebells again – for the community. We’re not getting tired of promoting this trendy sport in Munich. Every Sunday, Munich Kiev Queer gathers in the city’s gay community centre Sub to dance with kettlebells. We start on Sunday, the 5th of April at 7.30 p.m. The training concept has...
On March 4, 2015, the parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations held hearings to discuss the draft “National Strategy on Human Rights”. It is no exaggeration to say that the need to mention explicitly the protection of the LGBT-community’s rights and interests in the strategy...
Every human being deserves to be treated equally, fairly and with respect, regardless of his or her sexual orientation. However, globally, the LGBTQ community faces severe discrimination, violence and abuse. Michelle Emson, a committed LGBTQ advocate, an award-winning speaker and an openly ‘out’ transgender woman, is working to change...
