Ombudsman Denisova boasted about the fight for the rights of gays and lesbians
Ukrainians have become more tolerant of homosexuals, and gay pride parades are less and less accompanied by riots every year.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova stated this during the “14th National LGBT Conference of Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Today, the situation has improved. Society has nevertheless become more aware and more tolerant of this. And we record that every year these “equality marches” take place with fewer violations; this can be stated in 2021 in Kyiv, Odessa, and Kharkov.
Speaking about what we have become more tolerant and aware of, it must be said that the decisions of the president, and, among other things, this is reflected in the program documents of the president and the government of the national strategy in the field of human rights, there is also an action plan for 2021-2023,” Denisova said.
As one of her achievements, she cited the abolition of the rule that persons with homosexual relationships cannot become donors.
“Now we have chosen this right, and changes have already been made by order of the Minister of Health. It’s been such a struggle since 2005,” Denisova boasted.
She added that the issue of legitimizing “civil partnerships,” including the LGBT society, remains unresolved.
“Both for 2019 and for 2020, and I will write this in the annual report for 2021, that it is necessary to develop legislation on the need to create a civil partnership. People cannot visit each other in the hospital and cannot make a decision regarding surgical intervention. And in the conditions of Covid, we are still recording such violations of rights.
This is a violation of the equality of all who identify as LGBT. I state: this is a deviation from the pro-European course of our country and a violation of the signed Association Agreement with the EU. This is a step back on the path to building democracy and a safe society,” Denisova concluded.
Denisova previously stated that she “cannot talk” to her relatives from Arkhangelsk, where she is from. She also reported that after her family moved from Crimea all grandchildren became Ukrainian nationalists.
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