In Estonia, backg Ukrae isn’t ntroversial … but gay marriage is – POLITICO

Contents:

• IN ESTONIA, BACKG UKRAE ISN’T NTROVERSIAL … BUT GAY MARRIAGE IS
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• GAY SOLDIERS & PARTNERS PH FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN UKRAE
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• UKRAIAN GAY UPLE HOPE DANISH WEDDG WILL CHANGE MDSETS AT HOME

IN ESTONIA, BACKG UKRAE ISN’T NTROVERSIAL … BUT GAY MARRIAGE IS

Homosexualy is not illegal Ukrae, but same-sex marriag and civil partnerships are not has ed particular problems for LGBT people signg up for the ary followg Rsia's example, unr Ukraian law if someone a same-sex relatnship di, their partner nnot llect their body or bury onle petn says: "At this time, every day n be the last. However this do not guarantee any chang to the current law, and is not clear whether Mr Zelensky will move to legalise same-sex some efforts have been ma to protect LGBT people Ukrae - such as an anti-discrimatn law that was troduced 2015 - s LGBT muny has suffered homophobia, tolerance and 2013, the untry's first official Pri march was held Kyiv spe protts - was meant to happen the prev year, but was ncelled after a gatherg of skheads threatened source, EPAImage ptn, Activists are treated by paramedics after far-right protters threw smoke bombs to the crowd 2018But spe the risks, the Pri para has grown populary, and last year more than 7, 000 people took part a march the pal, anisers timated. Addnal reportg by Tiffany may be terted watchg:Media ptn, Viktor Pylypenko is the first Ukraian soldier to e out as gayMore on this story.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — Europe’s top rights urt said on Thursday that Ukrae vlated the human rights of a gay uple who had been nied regnn of their relatnship, the latt lg agast untri that have not legalized same-sex marriage. The European Court of Human Rights found that by treatg straight and gay upl differently, Kyiv had vlated the European Conventn on Human Rights and said the untry mt provi equal legal protectns for same-sex upl, although is ee to rtrict the e of the word "marriage" to heterosexual relatnships. Last month, the urt issued a siar cisn a se volvg 21 gay Romanian upl.

In 2015, Ukrae announced a Natnal Human Rights Strategy, which was approved by the print and clud proposed legislatn that would legalize civil unns for both straight and gay upl.

For the liberals, this uld be their bt chance to get gay marriage on the statute books. While the registered partnership act of 2014 did grant some limed rights to gay and lbian upl, was never implemented as there was always a nservative party ernment blockg s adoptn.

GAY SOLDIERS & PARTNERS PH FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN UKRAE

While the progrsive urban — as well as Kallas herself — are on board wh marriage equaly, some lawmakers om ral areas fear a potential backlash should gay marriage bee a party prry.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay.

”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world. She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state.

After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual! ”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported.

UKRAIAN GAY UPLE HOPE DANISH WEDDG WILL CHANGE MDSETS AT HOME

“To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters. Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot.