Anna Leonova, GAU regional development manager and the head of OdesaPride 2016 organizing committee, told in Idealist.media studio about LGBT community opportunities, tasks and openness. Anna points out that one of the high-priority problems is urgent need to work on hate crimes prevention and control of how the police document such crimes.
“Our law enforcers as well as prosecution service by all means ignore and try to avoid labeling hate crimes,” she adds. Anna herself believes that such crimes should be treated as terror.
Анна Леонова о новых тенденциях в защите прав
Анна Леонова, правозащитник, менеджер регионального развития ВОО «ГАУ», о защите прав ЛГБТ-сообщест, об их целях и развитии, о стереотипах общества и о том, как относятся украинцы к сексуальным меньшинствам. "Для ЛГБТ-сообщества тема евроинтеграции является темой личной безопасности""Правоохранители пытаются квалифицировать преступления на почве нетерпимости как хулиганство, я считаю, что их нужно обозначать как террор""Нельзя обижаться на украинцев за то, что они не в курсе наших проблем, пока мы с ними не разговариваем, не объясняем"Більше IDEALIST.media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/IDEALISTmediatv?sub_confirmation=1Наш сайт: http://www.idealist.mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/idealistmediaVK: http://vk.com/idealistmediaАудіопідкасти: https://soundcloud.com/idealistmedia
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Talking of LGBT community security Anna underlines that it needs to be more open and ready for a dialogue with the society. It would give people a chance “to accept, understand and hear” lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people.
Also Anna raised an issue of European integration importance for LGBT. “When you understand that your country goes either West where people like you are safe or East where the legislation criminalizing [it] is adopted you can’t help but being scared. Any reasonable person draws conclusions and makes their choice.”
Anna Leonova believes that activists and action groups are the future of LGBT community as they understand better what is important for the community as such.
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“The activists with their opinions and aspirations appear more and more often. This is an upward trend for LGBT community and for Ukrainian society in general,” she told.
Anna is sure that it soon will become the trend of Ukrainian politics as well, as social activists appear there, being more active, open and responsive for the troubles of the society.
Автор: Gay Alliance Ukraine
