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10.02.2015

The Head of GAU, Taras Karasiichuk, spoke of LGBT-problems live on Hromadske TV

Аn executive director of UPO Gay Alliance Ukraine, Taras Karasiichuk, spoke live on Russian-language broadcast of HromadskeTV in the program dedicated to the future of Ukraine. Conversation started with a discussion of the situation that emerged after the arson attack on Zhovten cinema, which, as you might remember, took place...

06.11.2014

Vitali Klitchko: “I’m not standing for Lesbians and Gays!”

The Eurocities Conference gathered European cities together in Bavarian capital Munich today. Kyiv city, one of the participants, is suffering nowadays with many problems. Gas supply, high prices, poverty are on the top – as well as growing aggression against LGBT-people. But Vitali Klitchko, the Kyiv City Mayor since May...

10.10.2014

KyivPride: Time to tell our story to the world!

We started KyivPride only two years ago, but it seems like we already had a decade of fighting for the Pride movement in Ukraine. We survived a lot. We experienced defeat and victory, neglecting and loving support. When we, a group of activists, started our Pride initiative, not all members...

27.06.2014

Munich’s mayor supports KyivPride

Despite crisis and unrest in the east of the country, the organisers of KyivPride in Ukraine still want to fight for human rights. From 30th of June until 6th of July Kiev, Munich’s partner town, invites the whole lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community to the Christopher Street Day”...

16.06.2014

Ukrainian LGBT community will declare its support of unity and address demands to the authorities on Pride

Ukraine is united and we are a part of it! – From 30th of June until 6th of July Ukraine will hold events of the International LGBT Forum Festival KyivPride2014. They will unite not only lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, but also all people of good will who share...

01.06.2014

Solidarity in the crisis – Let’s go to Kiev Pride!

This year in Kiev, Munich’s partner city the KyivPride event is planned to happen again. In the face of the crisis of state, many people have been planning locally for months for the Pride Week and March of Equality. At least the Pride Week with its wide cultural programme should...

09.05.2014

Solidarity during the crisis: Munich Kiev Queer goes on

The news from Ukraine is overwhelming. No one can say with any degree of certainty how things will develop in Ukraine in the next hours let alone the next days or months. The people of Ukraine, especially those in the south and east of the country, have their hands full...

08.04.2014

Start of the next phase of the campaign to counter homophobia

This week started the new phase of the information campaign implemented by UPO Gay Alliance Ukraine within the project “Promotion of basic human rights and freedoms and countering homophobia through increasing public awareness”. Let us recall that the project is being carried out jointly with the Embassy of the Netherlands...

28.03.2014

There will be no conversation on prohibition of discrimination against LGBT people at the first stage of the Visa Regime Liberalization

On March 26th a meeting of European Commission with the Ukrainian civil society representatives took place in Kyiv. As reported by the activists presented at the meeting, on behalf of the European Commission a speech was made by Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director-General of Directorate-General Home Affairs. He voiced the official...

07.03.2014

Gay Forum: Government’s program is friendly to LGBT

Kiev, 7th of March 2014 – According to the activity program of the new government of Ukraine, presented on 27th of February, they have determined the realization of all needed conditions for the early achievement of a visa-free regime with the European Union countries for Ukrainian citizens as new priority....