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| Ukrainian court blocks country's first gay pride demonstration | Ukrainian court blocks country's first gay pride demonstration |
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| A Ukrainian court has blocked the country's first gay pride demonstration in the centre of the capital, upholding a complaint by authorities that the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence. | A Ukrainian court has blocked the country's first gay pride demonstration in the centre of the capital, upholding a complaint by authorities that the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence. |
| A demonstration scheduled for a similar spot last year was cancelled by organisers at the last moment when skinheads gathered at the planned location, intent on beating up the participants. | A demonstration scheduled for a similar spot last year was cancelled by organisers at the last moment when skinheads gathered at the planned location, intent on beating up the participants. |
| While the recognition of gay rights has advanced in much of the West, antipathy toward homosexuals remains strong in Ukraine and other parts of the former Soviet Union. Homosexuality was a criminal offense in the USSR and societal resistance to it remains strong two decades later. | While the recognition of gay rights has advanced in much of the West, antipathy toward homosexuals remains strong in Ukraine and other parts of the former Soviet Union. Homosexuality was a criminal offense in the USSR and societal resistance to it remains strong two decades later. |
| The highly influential Orthodox Church strongly opposes gay rights. A small gay pride rally in the capital of Georgia last week was attacked by a large mob that included Orthodox priests; attempted rallies in Moscow in recent years have attracted crowds of bellicose Orthodox conservatives. | The highly influential Orthodox Church strongly opposes gay rights. A small gay pride rally in the capital of Georgia last week was attacked by a large mob that included Orthodox priests; attempted rallies in Moscow in recent years have attracted crowds of bellicose Orthodox conservatives. |
| Ukrainian gay activists are now pondering whether to try to hold their demonstration at a different location on Saturday, far away from the annual celebration of the capital. | Ukrainian gay activists are now pondering whether to try to hold their demonstration at a different location on Saturday, far away from the annual celebration of the capital. |
| Amnesty International said in a recent report that Ukraine's gay community suffers attacks and abuses and widespread discrimination. Despite condemnation from the West, the Ukrainian parliament is debating several anti-gay bills, including one which would make any public positive depiction of homosexuality punishable by up to five years in prison. | Amnesty International said in a recent report that Ukraine's gay community suffers attacks and abuses and widespread discrimination. Despite condemnation from the West, the Ukrainian parliament is debating several anti-gay bills, including one which would make any public positive depiction of homosexuality punishable by up to five years in prison. |
| Ukraine scored 12 out of 100 points on the so-called Europe rainbow map, a study of gay rights and freedoms conducted by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. By comparison, Britain earned 77 points. | Ukraine scored 12 out of 100 points on the so-called Europe rainbow map, a study of gay rights and freedoms conducted by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. By comparison, Britain earned 77 points. |
| "There is not enough information about who gays and lesbians really are," Volodymyr Naumenko, a leading Ukrainian gay activist, told The Associated Press earlier this week. "They are people, first of all. They are people who want happiness for themselves." | "There is not enough information about who gays and lesbians really are," Volodymyr Naumenko, a leading Ukrainian gay activist, told The Associated Press earlier this week. "They are people, first of all. They are people who want happiness for themselves." |
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