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#FollowFriday, June 22: You Should Be Following These 5 Artists, Photographers and Performers

NSFW Web
June 22, 2018 by Danny Polaris

From a closeted artist in India to a Manhattan-based singer-songwriter, here are our #FollowFriday selections for the week

Far-Right Protesters Tried to Stop Pride in Kiev, Ukraine. They Failed.

Police in the Ukraine capital of Kiev arrested 56 members of far-right radical groups after they tried to thwart the LGBT Pride parade there on Sunday

This Year’s Kyiv Pride Celebration Is All About LGBTQ Visibility

Pride Guides
June 13, 2018 by Dmytro

The theme for this year’s Kyiv Pride celebration is ‘Visibility’ in response to surveys showing that 90% of Ukrainians think LGBTQ people don’t exist

Sunny Bunny, the Ukraine’s Oldest and Biggest Queer Film Festival, Is Ending Saturday

World
June 1, 2018 by Bohdan Zhuk

Sunny Bunny is the oldest and biggest LGBTQ-themed cultural event in the Ukraine — here is a selection of some of the films that ran during the festival

Meet the Ukrainian Bisexual Band Fighting for Tolerance, I Love You Both

Music
January 27, 2018 by Andrii Voloshyn

The new Ukrainian band I Love You Both puts its bisexuality forward in an attempt to destroy stupid stereotypes and fight for acceptance

The Hornet Guide to Gay Kiev

Hornet City Guides Travel
July 5, 2017 by Ivan Murga and Andrii Korpylo

It’s a historic European city that has famous landmarks and architecture, but gay Kiev also has a modest queer scene for visitors and locals to explore

Homophobic Protesters Interrupted the IDAHOT March in Kherson, Ukraine

World
May 17, 2017 by Ivan Murga

The city of Kherson, Ukraine celebrated IDAHOT with a small march — but even with the precautions they took, anti-queer protesters still tried to stop it

Our New Crush Is This Ukrainian Judge who Looks Like Ursula from ‘The Little Mermaid’

News World
March 17, 2017 by Alexander Kacala

You can’t help but notice this judge from Ukraine’s striking resemblance to the villain Ursula in Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’

Eurovision in Trouble? Top Producers Have Left the World’s Most Campy Song Contest

Entertainment Music
February 17, 2017 by Christophe Martet

People are questioning whether Eurovision is in trouble after producers, the event manager and head of security for this year’s song contest have left

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It’s Time to Travel: Canada Decriminalizes Anal Sex!

Sex World
November 24, 2016 by Matt Keeley

Canada’s cleaning out their old, irrelevant laws — first on the chopping block: Anal sex!

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Ukraine Slowly Makes Progress on Trans Rights

Mental Health World
September 6, 2016 by Matt Keeley

In Ukraine, trans people have to be sterilized before applying to change their gender legally — but that may be beginning to change!

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Belize Decriminalizes Homosexuality and Other Good News!

World
September 2, 2016 by Matt Keeley

Belize just became the latest country — and the first in the Caribbean — to decriminalize homosexuality! That and more in our monthly look at global good news!