Amid Battle With Pro-Russian Separatists, Ukraine Accused Of LGBT Discrimination Despite Promises To European Union

Feb 20, 2017 | News

Members of the LGBT community in Ukraine said they have faced discrimination in many forms. That’s a deep disappointment to many leaders of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, also known as the “Revolution of Dignity” or Euromaidan Revolution, named for the Kiev square where the uprising that was at times violent started with protests by thousands of people.

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