In April 2024, 30 Ukrainian human rights organizations, including Gender Stream, sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,…
Our team at Gender Stream works with hate crime, providing advocacy for victims and psychological support through our platform, VARTOVI. We recognise that each case…
Why is this the case? Currently, Ukraine has not adopted legislation that clearly defines crimes motivated by hate against LGBTQI+ people. Certain articles of the…
On January 1, 2025, at 22:57, Kyiv police received a report of an assault on Daniel Skrypnyk, a member of the LGBTQI+ community, near one…
On December 29-30, Gender Stream held a training session titled «Protection of Human Rights and Effective Response to Hate Crimes» for law enforcement officers and…
Gender Stream is relentlessly advocating for fair accountability in cases of hate crimes. However, without legislative support and official recognition, we still lack accurate data…
A representative of Gender Stream attended the regional conference “Spaces and services for the protection of LGBTIQ+ communities”. The event discussed the importance of regional…
Two weeks ago, Gender Stream submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Maimulakhin and Markov v. Ukraine and…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved new regulations prohibiting discrimination in the military in the areas of logistical, medical, psychological, and social support.…
Community organizations, especially those working with LGBTQ+ people, often face challenges in establishing effective cooperation with the police. Indeed, initial interactions with law enforcement representatives…
This week in Kyiv, the forum “Combating Discrimination and Hate Crimes: European Standards of Human Rights Protection” took place, organized by Gender Stream in cooperation…
“We started our work with LGBTIQ people of Kherson region in 2004, registered in 2007.Before the full-scale war, our organization worked on: HIV prevention, conducting…