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.

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

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.

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

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.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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.

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. 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.

UKRAIAN GAY UPLE HOPE DANISH WEDDG WILL CHANGE MDSETS AT HOME

”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.