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27.03.2020

Situation of LGBTI* in Ukraine: Old problems, new prospects

In 2019, the activity of Ukraine’s LGBT community increasingly carried on, says the NGO Nash Mir in its Annual Report for 2020. The number of Kyiv Equality March participants reached 6-8 thousand, and those of the first Kharkiv Equality March – 2-3 thousand, which even exceeded the expectations of its...

07.01.2020

July 2020: MunichPride

From July 4th on we expect a big delegation from Ukraine. Activists come from various LGBTI* organizations: Among them are long-time partners and people we welcome for the first time in Munich, such as representatives of the new Trans* Community Centre in Kyiv. A supporting program will get our guests...

08.10.2019

12th LGBT Conference: Our report from Kyiv

The 12th Ukrainian LGBTI * Conference took place this year from September 11th to 13th under the motto “Path to Equality” in Kyiv. Around 150 participants from 13 partner organizations came to set goals for their work and to exchange information. The main topics of the conference were health, rights...

Demonstration mit Menschen und Plakaten
Demonstration

01.10.2019

November 2019 – Isartonics meet Philhomoniker

For the benefit of the Queer Home in Kyiv, Philhomoniker, Munich’s gay choir number 1, and the new choir Isartonics will invite you to a benefit concert. Queer Homes are small community centres where Ukraine’s local LGBTI-community volunteers for activities such as self-help and leisure groups, cultural as well as...

22.09.2019

September 2019: Rainbow Families

The social pedagogue, author and activist Stephanie Gerlach (photo) has been coaching and lecturing  on same-sex lifestyles for 25 years now; rainbow families are her main focus. Gerlach has published three books, each with several editions, and numerous specialist articles on the subject. She co-founded the LesMamas association and since...

22.08.2019

September 2019 – IIIrd International Conference of parents of LGBTI*-persons

Join us at the 2-day International Conference on Inclusive Education and Countering Bullying in Schools. The conference consists of panels and a series of thematic workshops on bullying and violence in schools in Ukraine and abroad, national experience in bullying counteraction, creating a safe school environment, raising awareness among ordinary...

20.08.2019

September 2019 – XIIth National LGBT Conference of Ukraine

The XIIth National LGBT Conference of Ukraine deals with ways of cooperation within the community: solidarity among each other for equal rights. The three-day event “The path to Equality: changing the country together” will take place in Kyiv with international participation. More here! Munich Kyiv Queer also presents itself as...

01.08.2019

August 2019: OdesaPride and Q-Fest

Friends for life. As every year we support OdesaPride, which is organized by the NGO Gay Alliance Ukraine. A small Munich delegation has always been participating in the “March of Equality”. This year, it will be much bigger as many LGBTI* activists from Munich will attend Q-Fest, the LGBTI* choir...

17.05.2019

100 meters of Pride: The First Ever Pride Walk in Zaporizhzhia

On the eve of the International Day Against Homo-, Bi-, Inter*- and Trans*-Phobia IDAHoBIT, the NGO Gender Z from the city of Zaporizhzhia held its annual street rally, Rainbow Flash Mob, under the motto “One Hundred Meters of Pride”. Around 80 brave Zaporizhians gathered at the square near the regional...

20.04.2019

July 2019 – 50 years of Stonewall. Let’s start from the scratch?

The Stonewall Riots mark the beginning of the LGBTI-movement as we know it today. Much has been achieved by the community from west to east since then, but isn’t that all in danger again? By populism, a shift to the right? We talk to activists* from the very beginning, pioneers...