In a new research by the Sociological Group “Rating” (one of the leading and most authoritative Ukrainian sociological services), 42% of respondents were against the legalization of same-sex marriages in Ukraine, 37% were in favor, and 22% were undecided about their attitude to this issue.

This year, we commissioned the KIIS to repeat that survey. As expected, they confirmed the findings of the previous year and demonstrated that since then the attitude of Ukrainians towards LGBT people has only improved.

Considering the case of Maymulakhin and Markiv v. Ukraine, the European Court of Human Rights decided that Ukraine violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to private and family life) since our national legislation lacks any legal form of recognition of same-sex family partners.

The National Democratic Institute has presented the results of a nationwide telephone poll of public opinion conducted on January 4-23 this year with the assistance of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). Respondents were asked a series of questions, including their attitudes toward LGBTQ people.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has replied a petition on legalization of same-sex marriages in Ukraine.