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02.06.2016

BLOG CREATIVE PROTEST ON TOUR Odessa

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 developed...

11.04.2016

VOLUNTEERS BLOG: Season three

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 of...

18.03.2016

LGBT-conference: Ukrainian government and EU reaffirmed common views on human rights for LGBT people

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, – in...

11.10.2015

Festival of Lesbian Art and Culture Munich: German Premiere of Ukrainian theater piece

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 Kyrychenko take...

16.09.2015

Equality and Pride Days in Mykolaiv attacked

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 break...

26.08.2015

Photoexhibition Suburbia, me!

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 and...

19.08.2015

ODESSABLOG Ukraine’s LGBT-community might be the role model for the whole country

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 political...

09.06.2015

PRIDEBLOG Panic during KyivPride

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 my...

12.05.2015

Pro Human Rights: Munich supports KyivPride for the fourth time!

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 woes...

29.03.2015

Kettlebells-training in Munich’s Gay Community Centre Sub

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 been...