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Ukraine LGBT Activists Worry About Future


As members of the LGBT community in the United States celebrate the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriages nationwide, gay-rights activists in Ukraine say they fear their country is headed in the opposite direction.

They point to last month’s LGBT Equality March in Kyiv — the first since the Euromaidan protests that led to the ouster of a pro-Russia government and brought in a government that pledges to lead the country based on Western values of liberal democracy, tolerance and human rights.

After the march ended, scores of people attacked participants; a dozen participants and several police officers were seriously hurt.

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Source: Voice of America

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