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• THE BEST KYIV GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS KYIV
• GAY & LBIAN
• GAY LIFE UKRAE 2008
• THE BEST UKRAE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS UKRAE
• THE BEST KYIV GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS KYIV
• BIGGT GAY CLUB KIEV - LIFT
• GAY UKRAE TRAVEL GUI
• GAY LIFE KIEV? - KYIV FOM
• GAY KIEV
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• KIEV GAY MAP
• LIFTKIEVMENUHOTELSBARS & CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSCY GUIGAY MAPLIFT
• KIEV GAY SNAS
• THE BEST KYIV GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS KYIV
• BIGGT GAY CLUB KIEV - LIFT

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From the far reach on the stepp of Eurasia, a Amerin gay uple ridg Ukrae wre about their experience this difficult new natn: “For the gay male tourist, you are tly the land of betiful boys (no attu and no body fascism). Kiev boasts a lively gay dis, sna, a few simple bars, even a nu/gay part of our very own “beach” along the Dnipro river…” Wh slow and reful luck a “Gay Life Ukrae” n quietly be achieved.

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(Also see Gay Ukrae story 2012). Brief Overview of Gay Ukrae.

Gay Ukrae Internatnal web se.

Sce 1933 the Soviet Unn male homosexualy was illegal and prosecuted by USSR Penal Co. Consensual male homosexual anal terurse was punished by imprisonment of up to three years (Article 122 of the Penal Co of the Ukraian Soviet Socialist Republic).

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Although Soviet legislatn has moved the gay populatn to the edge of social life, gay men had several advantag those years (excludg the Stal perd of Soviet history of urse). First of all they were visible for the rt of populatn bee Soviet propaganda never spoke about any gay issu. Homosexualy as a human behavr didn’t officially exist the former Soviet Unn.

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Most Soviet gay men and lbians felt safer stayg unrground wh their experienc as now. Bee the Soviet people didn’t know anythg about gay sex was not hard to fd one night stands wh straight partners. The years of Gorbachev’s pertroika allowed some gay liberatn movement.

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Beg on the wave of general mocratic mov the Soviet society gay liberatn gave polil birth to such well-known and disputable lears as Roman Kal or Valeria Debryanskaya. Unfortunately Soviet gay people have lost this unique chance to w equaly and teem. However the Ukrae was the first among the former Soviet republics to repeal crimal rponsibily for non-vlent male homosexual terurse between adults.

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So this year we anticipate celebratg a full sce the Repeal of crimal prosecutn for nsensual homosexual terurse between adult men our untry. Many gay and straight Ukraians were supervised listeng to the rad return about new Parliament cree that eveng.

Article 122 henceforward provid punishment only for homosexual ntacts that volve vlence. That opened new perd of the gay rights the Ukrae.

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However the hop of Ukraian gay men for better life and social acceptance were absolutely va. The gay men as well as M. Ukraian gay muny was prepared neher for such kd of polil propaganda nor for mocratic stggle for own rights.

Frh tablished gay liberatn groups such as Lilia Taranenko’s “Hanymed” Kiev or Oxana Bocharnikova’s Foundatn Kharkov (aka “Pk Panther Group”) haven’t ga any thory among gay populatn bee of s fear to be exposed. Yet that anizatn’s Statute barely mentned gay men and lbians and emphasized the problem of AIDS. This was typil of the gay liberatn Ukrae.

The only ntext which Ukraian thori allowed homosexuals to be mentned was the ntext of the AIDS epimic problem. Associatn of gays, lbians and bisexuals of Nila “Liga” was registered December 1996 but unr the prsure of thori has to stop wh activy. The typil feature of gay activism Ukrae the years (after disillnment mass gay liberatn anizatns such as Associatn”Hanymed” or Bocharnikova’s Foundatn) was the appearance of numero impostors posg as the lears of Ukraian gay movement.

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Realizg for sure that no gay movement will be possible Kuchma’s Ukrae, they noticed that there are many philanthropic stutns Wtern untri willg to support gay liberatn procs FSU. They send numero reprentativ to the ternatnal gay nferenc, Gay Gam, etc. The world gay muny greets them wh cheers avoidg the obv tth: the only te tentn of the impostors is to e faster to Wtern money.

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They are absolutely unknown to gay people of their own untry. For now the Ukraian gay movement has to be unrground and if you ever hear about gay anizatns this untry or such actns like CSD-celebratns or Gay Pri paras, be sure that people who report them are tellg the tth: they ually do wh aim to obta the money tend for “Ukraian gay liberatn”.

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Interview wh Amerin gay uple ridg Kiev, Ukrae. Globalgayz: What suggtns for readg about gay Ukrae do you have? GG: What advice so you offer to gay foreigner’s visg Ukrae”.

There are some wonrful s to see (Church, non-touristy post-Soviet ways of livg), a young and non-attu gay scene, and most importantly, warm and genuely iendly, non-cynil people. As long as one don’t try to impose any PC attus about what gay life here should be or how “gay” dividuals should live (not be married, apolil, etc) you will be fe.

Please, no cultural imperialism on what is the proper way to be “gay”.

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Someone you pick up or meet at a tra statn or sleazy bar at 2 AM may not be the bt reprentative of the gay muny or untry here. I would also tone down any outward PDA, gay buttons etc. By all means vis the gay dis, bar, gay/nu part of our “beach” at Hydropark along the Dnipro River.

Any fashnable bar, fe, club will get a small gay scene late at night. GG: What are the”factns” that seem to be petn gay Kiev (as mentned the over view quoted above)? Couple: Basilly, the olr, over 30 more ‘Soviet’ crowd are so different om the younger, empowered, 20-somethg guys many of whom intify as gay the Wtern mol.

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On the other hand, the kd of guys you’d like to meet probably aren’t hangg out at a gay bar the early hours (or they uld, though). Any cultural type events which are popular here would naturally attract a number of gay fellows (the Spartak opera pecially).

GG: How are gays treated by the public general?

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We thk a sizable majory of gay guys get married and fool around on the si–secrets are an accepted Soviet way of life. Jt askg a gay fellow about his fay, job, etc. Gays are more a cursy or Wtern thg for many folks.

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Although there are plenty of old timers, there are also newer Christian fundamentalists (imported om the Wt) who are disgted by gays, and would love to eradite them and AIDS. GG: What is the level of homophobia–vlent or verbal?

Couple: For many areas outsi of Kiev, gay don’t even register on the radar screen.

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For sure, beg black or Asian is more dangero, regardg ments and harassment by the thori, than beg gay.

GG: How are gays treated by the thori and the church? There ed to be a well known but quiet gay jtice mister and one or two mored Rada (Parliament) members.

The reprsive, anti-gay Soviet laws were done away wh years ago right after pennce. The ‘gay laws’ are more than likely more progrsive than some Amerin stat. The tabloid prs and media have even done stori on a gay uple adoptg children, known gay Ukraian celebri, tillatg stori about the Gay Gam or a gay Pri para somewhere else.