Shame on you, #Zelenskiy - "Months after Russia’s invasion, a citizen petition calling for the legalisation of same-sex marriages received more than 25,000 signatures, prompting a response from Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who said constitutional changes for same-sex marriage could not be made during wartime."
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A #Ukrainian couple campaigning for #MaritalEquality has called on the #Kyiv government to act on a draft civil union law that would give #same-sex partnerships legal status.
“I don’t understand why, if there are people that are ready to sacrifice their lives for the country, for the state, the state cannot ensure their families are protected and their families have support,” said Stanislava Petlytsia, a 27-year-old #LGBTQI+ activist in Kharkiv.
“We deserve it as much as anyone else,” she added.
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Petlytsia and her partner Alina Shevchenko, 32, who has served in the army since 2016 and is now a captain, have become part of the growing discussion over the lack of legal rights for LGBTQI+ people in Ukraine."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/31/same-sex-couples-fight-for-civil-unions-to-be-legalised-in-ukraine
#Ukraine #HumaRights #LGBTQRights