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17.12.2013

Stanislav Mishchenko presents his second Lomo-exhibition in Munich called “K-olours”

Munich, 14th of December 2013 – You see nothing more than silhouettes. But these are bright – filled with the colours of Kiev: with graffiti, with traffic signs, flowers, leaves, buildings and light. The Kiev based LGBT-activist Stanislav Mishchenko has once again portrayed couples of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...

08.11.2013

First ever: Open gay man speaks in Ukraine’s Parliament

Kyiv, 8th of November 2013 – On November 6, at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, hearings were held on the topic: “The visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU: Prospects and opportunities for the citizens of Ukraine”. As a part of the hearing, state officials, MPs and representatives of the civil society...

25.10.2013

And once again about provocations: The beginning of “Rainbow Maidan for Yanukovych”

Kyiv, 25th of October 2013 – Lately the topic of LGBT became the main purpose of speculations. To reach their own goals anti-European forces try to play on fear and misunderstanding, and these goals are to convince the Ukrainians in the necessity of giving up on European integration course. While...

14.10.2013

Ready for take off: KyivPride 2014

They start working. On 30th of September 2013 has been held the first meeting of the Organizing Committee of KyivPride 2014. The Organizing Committee is much smaller than last year and thus, more effective. The members who did not have a possibility to continue their work in the Committee stepped out;...

08.09.2013

Munich’s Kiss-in in front of Russia’s Consulate

Munich, 8th of September 2013 – Love against hate. On Sunday, 500 men and women gathered in front of the Russian Consulate in Munich to protest. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, and not only them, came to celebrate love – in words, with music and actions pledged,  as the...

17.08.2013

Put-In-Transformation on Hans-Sachs-Straßenfest – Some brain needed?

Munich, 17th of August 2013 – He didn’t get much brain, maybe a smile from time to time, very occasionally somebody dared to give him his heart. Mr. P. resisted quite well to any transformation by Munich’s LGBT-community during Hans-Sachs-Straßenfest, Munich’s big Gay Street Festival. Munich Kiev Queer, due to...

09.08.2013

Munich Kiev Queer challenges Mr. Putin’s homophobic politics by demonstrating with a transformation machine

Munich, 9th of August 2013 – Munich Kiev Queer will protest against Vladimir Putin’s homophobic laws during the Gay Street Festival in Munich (Hans-Sachs-Straßenfest) on the 17th of August and in front of the Russian General Consulate on the 8th of September. With kind of a transformation machine, the activists...

25.07.2013

BLOG Keep going! – Olena Semenova about Munich Pride

Munich, 25th of July 2013 – A year ago, after the first Pride in Kyiv, we were shocked, disappointed, and angry. The Pride failed; some activists were beaten up, others – manhunted. Was it the end or the beginning? We did our best to turn it to the beginning of...

16.07.2013

PRIDE WEEK Mayor of Munich welcomes Kyiv LGBT-activists

Munich, 16th of July 2013 – Hep Monatzeder, Mayor of the City of Munich, received four LGBT-activists from Munich’s twin city Kyiv in his office. Olena Semenova, Taras Karasiichuk, Stanislav Mishchenko and Voldoymyr Naumenko, human rights activists fighting for the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) in their...