Press-conference: ‘Situation with LGBT in Ukraine in Light of European Integration’

On Thursday, March 5, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference entitled “Situation with LGBT in Ukraine in the Light of European Integration.”

How do lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people feel in Ukraine after the events of 2014 and what was their role in those events?

What high profile homophobic crimes have been committed lately?

How do LGBT problems reflect on European integration?

How does the Ukrainian government treat the LGBT community?

Video evidence of skinheads attacking a gay club in Kyiv will be presented at the press conference.

The participants will include: representative of “Our World” human rights LGBT center Andriy Kravchuk and Executive Director of Amnesty International in Ukraine Tetiana Mazur (8/5-A Reitarska Street).

Admission requires press accreditation. For more details call: (044) 296 3424 (Andriy Kravchuk), (067) 551 6944 (Tetiana Mazur).