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Belarus approves ban on ‘LGBT propaganda’

The Belarusian parliament on April 2 approved a bill that would ban so-called "LGBT propaganda" and advocacy of voluntary childlessness, state news agency BelTA reported.

3 April, 01:38 AM

American fled to Russia to shield kids from LGBT ‘propaganda’ — now he’s fighting in war against Ukraine

In 2025, 46-year-old U.S. citizen Derek Huffman moved his family to Russia to shield his children from anti-LGBT indoctrination and was later sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, UNITED24 reported on July 20.

20 July 2025, 12:10 PM

Kyiv court sets precedent by recognizing marriage rights for queer couple, challenges Foreign Ministry stance

A Kyiv court has officially recognized the same-sex partnership of a Ukrainian diplomat and his longtime partner as a family, the news outlet Bukvy posted on Instagram on July 3.

4 July 2025, 04:33 PM

Parliamentary Committee on National Health backs draft law on same-sex civil partnerships

The Parliamentary Committee on National Health, Medical Assistance, and Medical Insurance has endorsed draft law No. 9103 on civil partnerships, MP Dmytro Gurin, one of the bill’s authors, said on X on Aug. 9.

9 August 2024, 08:27 PM

Ukrainian MP’s stand against LGBT equality march sparks citizen debate

MP from the Servant of the People party Yulia Yatsyk opposes the popularization, public support, “propaganda” and holding of mass events in defense of the LGBT community, she said in a Facebook post on June 14.

16 June 2024, 04:35 PM

LGBTQ community faces brutal torture by Russian military in occupied territories

Ukrainian law enforcement officials have documented a series of human rights abuses committed by Russian military personnel against LGBTQ individuals in the occupied right-bank area of Kherson Oblast, according to a recent report by the Ukrainian NGO Projector, released on March 27.

29 March 2024, 04:20 PM

Ukrainians denounce church's discrimination — public figures return awards after UOC KP revokes medal from openly gay soldier

After the news that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC KP) revoked an award to the head of the LGBT+ Military association, Viktor Pylypenko, because he is openly gay, Ukrainians launched a flash mob online, publicly renouncing the awards issued by this church, Ukraine’s LGBT Military community reported on social media on Feb. 26.

27 February 2024, 02:50 PM

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