Transgender families
Marriages, parenthood, and trans children: legislation around the world, research, and recommendations for Ukraine Author — Inna Iryskina, transgender program coordinator at Insight NGO
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LGBT+ People of Ukraine During the Full-Scale War. 2023: The Overall Situation and the Dynamics of Change
The general situation and dynamics of changes General Context On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation started the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Warnings emerged from various sources during 2021 that this could happen. At the same time, the Ukrainian state authorities, while making limited preparations…
Cisheteronormative Violence: Key Manifestations and How to Counter Them
This analytical piece by Inna Iryskina, transgender program coordinator at Insight NGO, unpacks the concept of “cisheteronormativity” built on the binary model of gender. She examines in detail what this model rests on and how traditionalist patriarchal attitudes affect LGBTQI+ people around the world — and in…
Same-Sex Marriage for Ukrainian Women and Men
Registering a same-sex marriage for Ukrainians Reasons to formalize your relationship · A list of countries where you can register a same-sex marriage
Myths and Facts About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
For a long time, the various expressions of sexuality and gender — homosexuality, bisexuality, being transgender — were condemned by society and, accordingly, passed over in silence. As a result, there was a lack of information about these phenomena, which was sometimes filled in with stereotypical notions and myths…
Transgender coming out
How should you act if someone close to you has come out to you as a transgender person? Which questions are okay to ask, and which ones can hurt? How do you cope with your own feelings about it? Psychologist Mykyta Karimov explains
Bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity
What are the consequences of bullying for a child? Who is responsible if bullying happens at school? How can bullying in a classroom be effectively stopped? What should a school psychologist do if they learn about bullying? Psychologist Ksenia Vittenberg on how to help a child at school
Children in queer families. How to talk about diversity
How to talk with a child about the diversity of families, and how to start a conversation about sexuality and identity with children of different ages. Psychotherapist Ksenia Vittenberg explains
How to respond to a coming out?
What questions you can ask, which phrases to avoid, and how to support both the other person and yourself. Psychologist Ksenia Vittenberg explains
An Analysis of Ukrainian Facebook Users’ Comments About LGBT+
What topics drive online discussions about LGBTQI+ in Ukraine An analysis of comments by Ukrainian Facebook users about LGBTQI+
Unexpected stories
Gay, bisexual, and transgender people live right beside us. Coming out to family, friends, or colleagues takes remarkable courage, because society often responds to a coming out with rejection, violence, and hatred. This is a project about the experiences of LGBTQI+ people — about how we, as a society, react to a…