Gay community in zolote, ukraine

Although Ukraine’s LGBTQ community has gradually become more visible since the country’s independence in , homophobia is still very much commonplace. At the beginning of July, gay activist Borys Zolotchenko was hospitalised following a brutal attack by a group of around 10 assailants in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Ukraine face challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ individuals. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence in , the Ukrainian LGBTQ community has gradually become more visible and more organized politically, holding several LGBTQ events in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Kryvyi Rih. In the s and s.