Civil partnerships in limbo as LGBTQ+ community seeks equal rights ami

Details: Written by: Kateryna Denisova; 24.Dec; Hits: 8

Editor's Note: This story was sponsored by Gender Zed, a Ukrainian human rights organization that works with a broad range of issues, including sexual orientation and gender identity, gender equality issues, women’s rights, and prevention of HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases.Andrii Kovalenko, 35, and his partner are among many couples torn apart by the war, but their situation comes with an additional challenge.

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As a same-sex couple, they do not have the same rights in Ukraine as a heterosexual one.After joining the army as a volunteer in the summer, Kovalenko's partner, whose name he does not disclose for security reasons, has been fighting near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, in one of the war’s hottest spots.In case his loved one is captured, missing, or killed in action, Kovalenko will not be informed, nor will he be allowed to visit him in the hospital in case of injury.Since the beginning of Russia’s all-out war, Ukrainians have supported petitions urging authorities to grant equal rights to the LGBTQ+ community.The first petition asked to legalize same-sex marriage, and the second one to back civil partnerships, a legal status that would allow couples to gain a number of administrative rights, such as becoming the primary caregiver in case of a partner's injury.

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