Ukraine

Topless women flash Pope in protest against anti-gay Vatican

Matthew Jenkin - Gay Star News
January 14th, 2013

ROME -- Four women staged a topless demonstration in front of the Pope in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Jan. 13, protesting the Vatican's anti-gay views.

The protesters from Ukraine-based feminist group FEMEN took off their T-shirts to reveal the slogan "In Gay We Trust" painted on their torsos and yelled "Homophobe, shut up" as the Catholic leader gave a traditional prayer from his window.

The activists were removed by police after sparking anger from pilgrims, reported Reuters.

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RGOD2: LGBT people face greater visibility, more persecution in 2013

The Rev. Canon Albert Ogle - SDGLN Contributor
December 28th, 2012

Colin Stewart’s excellent review of LGBT international issues in 2012 in Erasing 76 Crimes gives us some hard data on the state of the LGBT movement globally.

Victory? Ukraine parliament cancels vote on anti-gay law after international outcry

SDGLN Staff
July 6th, 2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- In a last minute move, the Ukrainian parliament cancelled today's scheduled vote on legislation that would ban any Ukrainian citizen from speaking out favorably about gays or lesbians.

At Euro 2012, Denmark and the Netherlands pressure Ukraine on gay and human rights

SDGLN Staff
June 11th, 2012

KHARKIV, Ukraine -- Denmark and the Netherlands ramped up pressure on Ukraine over gay and human rights concerns as a prelude to their nation's teams competing in the Euro 2012 soccer finals on Saturday, various media report.

Sports ministers representing both European powerhouses conducted three hours of talks on gay and human rights, homophobia, police brutality and other issues in Kharkiv in the former Soviet Union state.

Euro 2012: Germany's first openly gay pro football player calls on Merkel to denounce anti-gay laws in Ukraine

SDGLN Staff
June 6th, 2012

KIEV, Ukraine -- Two days before the kick off of Euro 2012, All Out members are joining with the first openly gay professional football player in Germany, Marcus Urban, in urging Merkel to use the Euro 2012 to denounce human rights violations and the anti-gay crackdown happening now in Ukraine.

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