Rave Pleasure Protest in Assist of LGBTQ+ Rights to be Held in Kyiv, Ukraine This Friday
A rave for LGBTQ+ rights is being thrown in Kyiv, Ukraine this Friday, instantly outdoors the President Volodymyr Zelensky’s workplace.
Because it stands, Ukrainian legislation doesn’t take into account assaults in opposition to queer folks as hate crimes, which is undoubtedly harmful and unjust for the group… One thing Ukraine Pride hopes to vary.
Sofila Lapina, co-founder of Ukraine Pleasure, helps manage the occasion with the intention to have a good time and struggle for Queer voices throughout the nation — “Rave Pleasure is the true face of the queer group and the youth of Ukraine at present.”
Lapina continues, “Advocacy is any motion that shines a lightweight on the violations of an individual’s rights, and UkrainePride is in search of essentially the most numerous and most inventive methods to do this. The phrase ‘rave’ comes from the phrase ‘noise,’ and I imagine the protest must be noisy so that folks concentrate.”
“At Rave Pleasure, we’re going to play loud music in the midst of the workday on the President’s Workplace in order that the authorities can lastly hear us, the identical authorities who faux that nothing is going on, that there aren’t any hate crimes.”
The occasion will happen at 16:00 on July 30 and have DJ performances from Nastia, Katro Zauber, Gael Abakarova and extra.
Observe the motion on social media here.