homophobia

Just 11% of Ukrainian residents said that the country if friendly towards LGBT. It is according to the results of sociological survey conducted by the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Institute). By the data provided, due…

DreamHack Tournament - an international cybersport competition - has been widely advertised in Moscow for over a year. However today, according to Сyber.sport.ua, it's been in none too good a plight. Since a number of teams voiced…

On the web-site of the information agency with an unusual for Russian ears name REХ pointed out that all the suffering of the Ukrainian (and Russian!) people - on oligarchs' conscience. And distressed for the fate of so-called…

Some days ago in Yevpatoriya near the Monument to the marines was found burned minibus, and near to it - the dead body of a foreign tourist. It was reported to "C-inform" by the source in law enforcement. "The body bore…

A figure hangs at a pro-Russia checkpoint near the town of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine. Baz Ratner / Reuters When pro-Russian separatists stopped Oksana, a lawyer who identifies as a lesbian transsexual woman, at a checkpoint in eastern…

Executive Director of AUCO "Fulcrum", open gay and LGBT activist, Globa Bogdan was denied to join a political party Democratic Alliance because of his "active position and work". "Considering your active position…

Тhe inscription on the picture says: "Only with the faith, labor, love and medicines it is possible to defeat the dreadful disease - homosexuality." It fell into my mind to discourse on homophobia in modern Ukraine. Well, it is…

Working on the change of public consciousness towards LGBT people, it is important to understand preconditions of rejection the community deals with. One of the key words can be easily found in the very term they are often being called -…

The Draft Law No.1155 by Vadym Kolesnichenko, the ex-MP of Verkhovna Rada, entitled "On the Prohibition of Propaganda of Homosexuality Aimed at Children" was removed from consideration. It is said on the official website of the…

Today, on 27th of March around 6 a.m. an activist of "Gay Alliance Ukraine" Konstantyn Myrny was attacked. Three unknown persons, dressed in camouflage, waited for him near his house under the porch. The attack resulted in a split…