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Ukraine: Homophobic Legal Initiatives In Sync With Public Attitudes
globalvoicesonline.org 17 hours, 51 minutes agoKyiv's first Gay Pride Parade ever, permitted by the authorities, was supposed to take place on Sunday, May 20. Fearing attacks, the event's organizers had kept the venue as secret as possible , but these precautions did not prevent some of their opponents from showing up. Shortly after Svyatoslav Sheremet, head of the Gay Forum of Ukraine, announced the cancellation of the parade, he was attacked and severely beaten by a group of masked men (a video of the attack is here ). Homophobic attitudes are widespr










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