Ukraine’s same-sex marriage campaign: ‘Russia is homophobic; we want to be different’

“As we are not married… I’m not protected and my partner is not protected by law… unfortunately I can die at any moment in Ukraine now.” Jul has been living in Kyiv throughout Russia’s onslaught on their country, ever since Putin launched the full-scale invasion over a year ago. Together with partner Olha they recently applied to get married online — a new possibility via the “Diia” (“action”) government website. “Our application was in progress for one day, one business day, and now we have a note of a rejection because unfortunately our constitution position of Ukraine we have this part…

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