Some 7,000 people have gathered in Ukrainian capital for the annual March for Equality in support of the rights of the country’s LGBT communityKYIV, Ukraine -- Some 7,000 people gathered in Ukrainian capital on Sunday for the annual March for Equality to support the rights of the country's LGBT community. Ukraine’s human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova urged radical groups to refrain from violence. In 2015, Ukraine’s labor laws were amended to ban discrimination of LGBT people in the workplace. However, conservative groups in the largely Orthodox Christian country oppose LGBT rights and members of far-right organizations regularly attack groups and events linked to the LGBT community. LGBT rights groups say Ukrainian police often ignore homophobic or transphobic motives of the attacks, classifying them as hooliganism.

Source: ABC News September 19, 2021 12:25 UTC