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Crimes with homo/transphobic motives remain invisible to the state

Yesterday, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill 11456 “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Free Legal Aid’ Regarding Expanding the List of Persons Entitled to Free Secondary Legal Aid” which supplements the list of subjects entitled to free secondary legal aid by persons who have suffered from criminal offenses based on hatred on grounds of race, skin color, political, religious, and other beliefs, gender, disability, ethnic and social origin, property status, place of residence, language. However, the list of protected characteristics does not include sexual orientation and gender identity despite the fact that both independent observers and the National Police report every year on the presence and prevalence of such crimes in Ukraine — accordingly, their victims should have the same right to legal aid as victims of hate crimes on other grounds.

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Ukrainian government held the first ever event dedicated to protection of LGBTQ people’s rights

On February 13, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine hosted a round table “Harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with European standards in the field of combating discrimination and ensuring diversity” which was actually dedicated to one topic: overcoming homo/transphobia and its consequences on the path of Ukraine’s integration into the EU and all modern free world.

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