It absolutely is. For instance, most Ukrainian trans women aren't allowed to leave the country because the state does not recognize them as women and has decreed that all men between 18 and 65 must stay and fight.
And if I remember correctly they only legalized gay marriage a few months ago, which was obviously just a propaganda move to make the country look better to western libs.
Looks like they were forced to consider it by the ECHR and it hasn’t actually happened.
This does seem like a fairly convenient time for the ECHR to start pushing Ukraine to legalize same-sex marriage or show any support for LGBTQ+ folks, its actually fairly strategic as it shows they’d be going against Putin in more ways than one; the man just can’t stop himself from going on homophobic tirades:
When such crimes are reported to police, homophobic or transphobic motives are largely ignored, instead being classified as acts of “hooliganism”, Nash Mir Center said.
“I can excuse homophobia and transphobia, but I draw the line at hooliganism.”
Isn’t Ukraine incredibly hostile to LGBTQ+ people? This just seems like a trap…
It absolutely is. For instance, most Ukrainian trans women aren't allowed to leave the country because the state does not recognize them as women and has decreed that all men between 18 and 65 must stay and fight.
And if I remember correctly they only legalized gay marriage a few months ago, which was obviously just a propaganda move to make the country look better to western libs.
https://cne.news/article/3162-ukraine-obliged-to-recognise-same-sex-relationships
Looks like they were forced to consider it by the ECHR and it hasn’t actually happened.
This does seem like a fairly convenient time for the ECHR to start pushing Ukraine to legalize same-sex marriage or show any support for LGBTQ+ folks, its actually fairly strategic as it shows they’d be going against Putin in more ways than one; the man just can’t stop himself from going on homophobic tirades:
https://time.com/6273445/putin-lgbt-rights-ukraine-russia/
https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/11/ukraines-same-sex-marriage-campaign-russia-is-homophobic-we-want-to-be-different
There’s more articles out there about Ukraine and same-sex marriage/unions if you wanna look it up but so far it’s just lip service.
It is.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-lgbt-idUSKBN2F414J
“I can excuse homophobia and transphobia, but I draw the line at hooliganism.”
You see you can report to the UN and the EU that its just plain and simple hoolinganism, instead of hate crimes.