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Equality for Gay Men & Lesbians |
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Courtesy of Andriy Maymulakhin Our World Gay & Lesbian Centre
 Lugansk, Ukraine--At the request of the Our World Gay and Lesbian Centre, the
TNS Ukraine sociological services conducted a national poll of the Ukrainian people
asking their approach to questions about about equality for the Ukraine's homosexual
citizenry. The following replies were received:
1. In your opinion, should homosexual citizens of Ukraine have the same rights as the rest of the population? Yes, everyone should have equal rights -- 42.6% No, some restrictions are needed -- 33.8% I am not sure -- 23.6% 2. Do you think that homosexual citizens should have a right to register their relations as a conventional couple? Yes, they should have such a right -- 18.8% No, they should never, ever be given such a right -- 40.3% There should be exceptions (individually considered) -- 13.6% I am not sure -- 27.3% 3. Do you think that homosexual citizens have a right to raise children? Yes -- 21.5% No -- 49.3% I am not sure -- 29.2% The areas most tolerant of homosexuals are the urban areas of Kiev, Crimea, Eastern and Central Europe; the most homophobic -- Western and Northern areas.
Our World Gay and Lesbian Centre PO Box 62, Lugansk 91051 Ukraine Telephone./fax: +38 (0642) 47-12-22 e-mail: ourworld@gay.org.ua Internet: http://www.gay.org.ua/ |
