On a recent afternoon at a small house in the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, five men and a priest gathered in front of a makeshift altar draped with a rainbow flag. Amid the smell of incense, the service began with a prayer about St. Cornelius. Then the priest, Roman Zuyev, handed out
With the Euro-2012 being little more than a year away, Ukraine has finally began to think about the country’s image, symbols, logos, and slogans. Naturally, things like this are not done overnight and creating a country’s brand requires a joint effort of marketing experts, managers, and stat
On December 3-4 in in Kyiv brothel of GLBT Center «Nash Mir» the final workshop of the project «Anal Bareback Network» took place. This workshop summarized the results of the project during the past two years. Several topics were discussed, such as outreach work among men who have sex with men (
Ukrainian sociologists are outraged by irresponsible statements by their colleagues Yevhen Golovakha about possible legalization of same sex marriages in Ukraine. On the beginning of January 2011 Mr. Golovakha in interview to Krayina-Weekly said: — Ukrainians now respond calmer to homosexual
After several moths of silence the major web-recourse of Ukrainian gay men is on line again. It was closed for reconstruction and the new version of the site seems to be developed more professionally and accurate. Now “Gay Ukraine International”, as they proudly call their project, became mor
Since 1931 in the Soviet Union male homosexuality was illegal and prosecuted by USSR Penal Code. Consensual male homosexual anal intercourse was punished by imprisonment of up to three years (Article 122 of the Penal Code of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). Lesbian sex did not constitute a
The Armed Forces of Ukraine celebrated this year’s anniversary with a blast, literally. On December 6 in nine cities of Ukraine: in the hero-cities of Kyiv, Kerch, Odesa, and Sevastopol, as well as in Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Lviv and Rivne, festive fireworks and salutes (20 salvos) we
Vadym Pysariev, art director of the Solovianenko Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Donetsk, informed The Day about the competition’s revival, and that the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition will take place on March 27 – April 2, 2011 in Donetsk. We remind our readers that the comp
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